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Month: June 2016

Europe 

Brexit: Tusk proposes talks among remaining 27 EU countries

June 24, 2016June 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Responding to the UK vote to leave the European Union, European Council President Donald Tusk said on June 24 that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria on Brexit: A bad day for Europe, a triumph for nationalists and populists

June 24, 2016June 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev both described the UK vote to leave the European Union

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Perspectives 

The day after Britain said no

June 24, 2016June 27, 2016 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Brexit

Nobody can tell exactly what Europe will look like after Brexit – the abstract little word that the media and

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Europe 

European leaders lament Britain’s choice to leave EU

June 24, 2016June 27, 2016 VOANews Brexit

The British people on Friday voted by a narrow margin to break away from the European Union, a move that

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Europe 

British voters choose to exit EU

June 24, 2016June 27, 2016 VOANews Brexit

In a historic decision, Britain has voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that stoked passions on issues

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Europe 

Bulgarian, German presidents speak out against Brexit

June 23, 2016June 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Rossen Plevneliev

In Sofia, the presidents of Bulgaria and Germany have expressed hope that the United Kingdom’s June 23 referendum will see

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian professor: Russia wants to divide the Orthodox Christian world

June 23, 2016September 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian professor Kalin Yanakiev says that he is convinced that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church decided against attending the Pan-Orthodox Council

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Europe 

MEPs adopt new rules on international divorces dispute settlement

June 23, 2016June 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

European Parliament said on June 23 that MEPs approved new rules on deciding which country’s courts should settle property disputes

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Europe 

Russian state media feeds Euroskepticism, raises Brexit concerns

June 23, 2016June 27, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Brexit, Russia

Russian state media often act as cheerleaders for disunity and dysfunction within the European Union and tout Europe’s supposed moral

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