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Day: June 7, 2016

Bulgaria 

Ecumenical Patriarch calls on all Orthodox churches to take part in Pan-Orthodox Council

June 7, 2016June 9, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Responding to the refusal of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to attend the Pan-Orthodox Council and indications that some other Orthodox

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Bulgaria 

EC convergence report says Bulgaria does not meet euro criteria

June 7, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, European Commission

The European Commission said in its convergence report released on June 7 that Bulgaria did not yet meet the conditions

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry issues advice to Bulgarians heading to Euro 2016, summer holidays

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a series of pointers to the country’s citizens heading abroad for the summer holidays and

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Europe 

Med migrant deaths in 2016 approach 3000

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The number of migrants and refugees who have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe so far in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q1 2016

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Europe 

Macedonian president revokes all pardons in wiretapping scandal

June 7, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov has revoked all pardons that he controversially issued in the country’s wiretapping scandal. Ivanov had been

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Europe 

At least 11 killed in Istanbul explosion

June 7, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Eleven people, including 7 police officers, were killed and 36 wounded in an explosion in central Istanbul during the morning

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President hosts Iftar dinner at start of Ramadan

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev hosted an Iftar dinner on the evening of June 6, as the Muslim

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