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Day: June 16, 2016

Europe 

Croatia’s parliament ousts government in vote of no confidence

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 VOANews Croatia

Croatia’s parliament ousted the country’s government Thursday after a no-confidence vote that went against Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic. Of deputies

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria loses Belene nuclear power plant arbitration court action

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy, nuclear, Russia

Bulgaria’s state electric utility NEK lost an arbitration lawsuit against Russia’s Atomstroyexport, the company picked to build two 1000MW nuclear

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Business 

Russian oil major Lukoil mulls sale of Bulgarian refinery – report

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Russian privately-held oil major Lukoil is considering the sale of refining assets in Europe, including in Bulgaria, Russian business daily

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Bulgaria 

First-time asylum applications in Bulgaria drop by close to half

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The number of first-time asylum applications in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2016 was 4050, close to half the

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Europe 

Asylum applications in EU drop a third down in first three months of 2016

June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The number of first-time asylum seekers in the European Union in the first quarter of 2016 was 287 100, a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders speak on ‘Black Sea fleet’ plan, tensions with Turkey

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

Bulgaria’s President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister, in a joint briefing on June 16, dismissed talk of taking part in

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov opposes Bulgarian participation in Black Sea fleet

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Russia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has spoken out against his country taking part in a Black Sea fleet being proposed

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Bulgaria 

Calls to avert clashes over 2016 Sofia Pride parade

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia municipality has proposed changing the timing of the 2016 Sofia Pride parade and of a counter-protest, after Sofia Pride

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Europe 

Ecumenical Patriarch sends call for Orthodox unity from Crete

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a message of unity of Orthodox Churches upon his arrival in Crete for the Holy and

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