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Day: June 8, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves bill aimed at curtailing theft of companies

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved at its June 8 meeting a bill of amendments to the Commercial Act meant to deter theft

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Business 

World Bank revises forecast growth rate for Europe, Central Asia downward

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The continuing contraction in Russia is keeping the forecast growth rate for the Europe and Central Asia region at 1.2

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: ‘EU integration only weapon we have to achieve peace and security’

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Rossen Plevneliev

The cure to the EU’s ills is more solidarity, more rule of law, more synergies and more integration, Bulgarian President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria backs European fingerprint database of convicted non-EU nationals

June 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria supports the setting up of a centralised database of the fingerprints of non-EU nationals who have criminal convictions, the

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Europe 

Another car bomb explodes in Turkey

June 8, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Three police officers have been killed by a car bomb explosion outside a police station in Turkey near the Syrian

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Bulgaria 

Poll: New leader boosts support for Bulgarian Socialist Party

June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Volen Siderov

The election of Kornelia Ninova as the new leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party has seen support for that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary minority group re-forms

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

In a turnabout just a few days after it split, the parliamentary group of the minority Bulgarian Democratic Centre re-formed.

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Europe 

Russia opposes Nato war games in Poland

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Pesko said on Tuesday that the launch of Nato manoeuvres in Poland “do not

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Europe 

EU court: Foreigners cannot be jailed for illegal entry

June 8, 2016 VOANews

The European Court of Justice, in a ruling released Tuesday, said European Union countries cannot jail illegal immigrants simply for

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