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Month: May 2016

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Bulgarian PM holds special meeting on migrant crossings at Greek border

May 29, 2016May 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov called together senior officials for a special meeting in the south-west Bulgarian town of Blagoevgrad

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Europe 

Putin: Russia will respond to US missile shield in Europe

May 29, 2016May 30, 2016 VOANews Greece, Nato, Russia

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin says he will respond to the defensive missile system the United States and its partners are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev honours victims of communism in Belene

May 29, 2016May 31, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

The crimes of communism have not been punished, the victims of the totalitarian regime did not receive justice and the

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Europe 

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko’s ambitions could spark political turmoil

May 28, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Ukraine

Just two days after being released from a Russian prison, pilot Nadiya Savchenko is capitalizing on her symbolic importance to

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Podcast: Timely release wagons; and Bulgarians and businesses, and other stories

May 27, 2016May 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

If Bulgaria does not already baffle you, prepare to be bamboozled by the buffoons responsible for what they imagine passes

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Europe 

Macedonian president Ivanov withdraws amnesty for 22 politicians

May 27, 2016May 30, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov has decided to annul part of the amnesty, withdrawing the decision to pardon 22 political figures out

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President takes referendum questions to Constitutional Court

May 27, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev is asking the Constitutional Court to rule whether three of the questions planned

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: I could have been President years ago if I wanted

May 27, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on May 27 that he did not see himself as the unifying right-wing candidate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-trust regulator approves Tokuda hospital acquisition by Acıbadem

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition has ruled to approve the proposed acquisition of Tokuda hospital in Sofia and City

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