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Day: June 20, 2016

Europe 

EU ‘deeply concerned’ about continuing political crisis in Macedonia

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

European Union foreign ministers, meeting on June 20, expressed deep concern at the continuing political crisis in Macedonia, according to

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Bulgaria 

Resorts on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast face large-scale tax checkups in July

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency says that it will carry out large-scale checkups in resorts along the country’s northern Black Sea

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Europe World 

World Refugee Day: 65 million people forcibly displaced around the world

June 20, 2016June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

World Refugee Day, June 20, has seen the European Union underline its commitment to global efforts to address the refugee

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Europe 

Croatia dissolves parliament, prompting snap election

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 Deutsche Welle Croatia

Croatian lawmakers have voted to dissolve parliament, days after ousting Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic. The decision paves the way for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: No one spoke to me about putting up teachers’ pay

June 20, 2016June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s Education Minister Meglena Kouneva said on June 19 that teachers’ salaries would go up by 10 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian newspapers’ circulation, numbers continue to decline – NSI

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Circulation of newspapers in Bulgaria decreased by more than 15 per cent in 2015, while the number of newspapers published

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Europe 

President signs decision to send Polish troops to help fight ‘Islamic State’

June 20, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish President Andrzej Duda signed on Saturday a decision to send two contingents of Polish troops to support the global

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