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Day: May 8, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election law drama continues after presidential veto

May 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May 8 that he believed that President Rossen Plevneliev was correct to veto

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Bulgaria 

Opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party elects first woman leader

May 8, 2016May 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Socialist Party elected MP Kornelia Ninova its leader on May 8 2016, ousting incumbent Mihail Mikov. Ninova, a

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Europe 

Turkish journalists sentenced

May 8, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Authorities in Turkey detained two more people in connection with Friday’s attack on a leading journalist hours before he was

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Bulgaria 

Strike strands Bulgarian tourists on Greek islands

May 8, 2016May 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Crisis staffs have been set up at Bulgaria’s embassy in Athens and the consulate in Thessaloniki because a general strike

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