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Month: June 2016

Europe 

Bulgarian government on Brexit: Don’t allow uncertainty

June 28, 2016June 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Ahead of the European Council discussions on the UK vote to leave the European Union, the Bulgarian government said that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Tourism Ministry budgets 1.8M leva for tours by foreign journalists

June 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry is calling for bids for contractors to organise tours of the country for foreign journalists, in a

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Business 

Bulgarian business sentiment improves again in June – poll

June 28, 2016June 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian business sentiment improved again in June 2016, rising by 0.9 percentage points compared to May, the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian beach bed, umbrella rental prices soar at some resorts

June 28, 2016June 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The price of renting a beach umbrella at Bulgaria’s Irakli is the highest along the country’s Black Sea coastline, at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors drop charges against cop who shot Afghan refugee

June 28, 2016June 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Bourgas has dropped criminal proceedings against police officer Vulkan

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Europe 

Brexit vote likely to crush chances of T-TIP Transatlantic trade deal

June 28, 2016 VOANews Brexit

President Barack Obama has made forging sweeping trade deals with the European Union and the Asia-Pacific region a top foreign

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Europe 

Moldovan court sentences former prime minister to 9-year term

June 28, 2016June 28, 2016 VOANews Moldova

A court in the impoverished former Soviet republic of Moldova has sentenced former prime minister Vlad Filat to nine years

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Europe 

Bulgarian President: EU must act decisively after Brexit

June 27, 2016June 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Rossen Plevneliev

After the vote in the UK referendum to leave the European Union, the EU needs to be strengthened and receive

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Europe 

Kerry reassures Nato member nations over Brexit vote

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 VOANews Brexit, Nato

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) will not have an

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