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Day: June 21, 2016

Europe 

Britain’s Brexit vote spurs wild trading, gambling

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Brexit

Currency traders are dubbing it the “remain bounce,” buying Britain’s pound after torrid sales of sterling last week when markets

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Confidence in Bulgarian government drops

June 21, 2016June 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Confidence in the Bulgarian government has dropped by two per cent over the period March to June, while the approval

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: ‘Remain’ will win in Brexit vote with 60 to 70%

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov predicted on June 21 that the Remain camp would win in the UK referendum on

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Europe 

MEPs back external border check plan for EU citizens

June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

A European Commission plan to systematically check all European Union citizens entering or leaving the EU was endorsed by members

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Bulgaria 

Police checkpoint plan at Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort irks hoteliers

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Sparks are flying between hoteliers and police in Bulgaria’s mass-tourism Sunny Beach resort on the Black Sea coast because of

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Europe 

British EU referendum provokes anxiety in Eastern Europe

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 Deutsche Welle Brexit

Until recently, nationalistic voices in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, were limited to the fringe. But could a

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Europe Perspectives 

Brits abroad: How Brexit could hurt expats

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 Susi Dennison and Dina Pardijs Brexit

A British exit from the EU could jeopardise the jobs, homes, and healthcare of the 1.2 million Brits living in

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Europe 

Ukraine: Investigators arrest 10 suspects in major gas fraud

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 The Kyiv Post energy, Ukraine

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office detained 10 former officials suspected of embezzlement of three billion hryvnia

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Europe 

Leaders of Serbia, Croatia sign ‘reconciliation’ declaration

June 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic signed on June 20 a document that expresses the willingness of

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