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Month: June 2016

Perspectives 

The party’s over, but, is it time to call it a day?

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 Patrick Brigham Brexit

They have certainly burst all the pretty balloons, but unfortunately, they haven’t chased all the clowns away. Is it time

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Bulgaria 

EU expert mission arrives in Bulgaria for prosecutor’s office review

June 27, 2016June 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

A team of EU experts arrived in Bulgaria on June 27 for a one-week technical review of the country’s prosecutor’s

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Bulgaria 

EC rep: Brexit does not put EU at risk of collapse

June 27, 2016June 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The European Union is not threatened by collapse after what happened in the United Kingdom, the head of the European

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Business 

Plevneliev: French firms should choose Bulgaria as outsourcing destination

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

On an official visit to Paris, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has said that he expects to see more French investors

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Europe 

Poland to revise security plans for upcoming Nato summit

June 27, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland, Russia

Poland’s police will have to revise its security plans for the July 2016 Nato summit in Warsaw as existing plans

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Europe 

Georgieva: Bulgarians working in UK shouldn’t worry because Brexit will take 2 years

June 26, 2016June 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarians working in the United Kingdom should not be worrying for the moment because the departure of the UK from

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Europe 

Brexit: 21 EU foreign ministers to meet in Warsaw on June 27

June 26, 2016June 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Brexit

A special council of 21 EU foreign ministers, without the foreign ministers of the EU founding countries, will be held

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Europe 

Brexit response pits economics against political unity

June 26, 2016June 28, 2016 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Brexit

As Europe continued to digest the shock of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, foreign ministers of the EU’s

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Europe 

Dombrovskis gets financial stability post after UK’s European Commissioner quits

June 25, 2016June 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on June 25 that he had asked Latvia’s Valdis Dombrovskis to take over the

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