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Month: February 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria consolidated Budget deficit in 2015 was 2.9%

February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on February 10 that it approved the consolidated Budget figures presented by the Finance Ministry, based on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s borders with Greece again blocked by Greek farmers’ protests

February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Vehicle traffic across some of Bulgaria’s border checkpoints with Greece was on February 10 again disrupted because of blockades by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister disappointed by ‘hysterical, falsetto noise’ about Bokova UNSG bid

February 10, 2016February 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov says that he is disappointed by the “hysterical, falsetto noise” on the topic of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria officially nominates Bokova as its candidate to be UN Secretary-General

February 9, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has sent the United Nations a formal letter nominating Irina Bokova as the country’s candidate to be

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Europe 

Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide dies in The Hague

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity died in The Hague Monday evening, a

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Annual Bulgarian Archaeology exhibition opens on February 11 2016

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

The ninth annual national archaeological exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2015” opens at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ National Institute of Archaeology

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Leisure 

Film review: The Danish Girl

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The Danish Girl, this year’s much talked-about transgender movie, puts on a very strange face right at the outset, for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria seeks Council of Europe help in former CCB owner extradition case

February 9, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 9 that it was seeking a hearing in the European Committee on Crime Problems

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Bulgaria 

Blockade at Greek border: Bulgaria seeks EU intervention, drivers mount counter-blockade

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria is continuing to try to exert pressure on the Greek government and to seek European Commission intervention to end

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