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Month: May 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian village mayor faces organised crime, racketeering charges

May 27, 2016May 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The mayor of the Bulgarian village of Galiche, Tsenko Chokov – arrested in a large-scale police raid along with his

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line of umbrellas on a beach in Greece photo Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Leisure 

Bulgarian beaches record slight drop in latest EU bathing waters report

May 27, 2016May 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff beaches

The number of coastal bathing waters in Bulgaria that meet the European Union’s higher “guide values” showed a small decrease

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary committees approve jet fighter, patrol ship projects

May 27, 2016May 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The Bulgarian Parliament’s committees on defence and on budget and finance have approved projects worth well more than a billion

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Europe 

Putin visits Greece for first time in 10 years

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin is on a working visit to Greece for the first time in 10 years, in the context

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Europe 

Excavations reveal the tomb of Aristotle

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Greece

The most important finding from the 20-year excavations at ancient Stageira was announced in Thessaloniki in front of hundreds of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prime minister is Brussels’ ‘golden boy’

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Deutsche Welle Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has urged Eastern Europe to show more solidarity in the refugee crisis. What are his

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Europe 

Poland given more time to solve constitutional crisis

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s government has a few more days to strike a compromise with the European Commission over the solution of the

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Europe 

Slovak PM Fico: Islam has no place in Slovakia

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has returned to work – and also to pre-election rhetoric, forgetting in the process the country’s

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Bulgaria 

EC asks Bulgaria to comply with EU rules on agricultural land, public procurement

May 26, 2016May 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on May 26 that it was stepping up the infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over restrictions against

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