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Month: July 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM promises more funds for restoration of Great Basilica at Pliska

July 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has promised that his government will provide further funds for the restoration of the Great

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Europe 

Turkey releases some post-coup detainees

July 31, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Two weeks after an abortive coup attempt in Turkey caused an upheaval in military ranks and throughout much of the

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Europe 

Google bows to Russian pressure, reverses changes to names of Crimean towns

July 30, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Google on July 28 changed the names of towns, villages and districts in Russian-occupied Crimea on its Google Maps mapping

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Bulgaria 

Archaeological finds in Bulgaria: July 2016 highlights

July 30, 2016August 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The month of July 2016 saw the traditional archaeological season in Bulgaria in full swing, with finds at digs in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria H1 2016 Budget surplus at 3.07B leva, below forecasts

July 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2016 was 3.07 billion leva, or

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Business 

Reduction in unemployment in Bulgaria among highest in EU – Eurostat

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria recorded the third-largest decrease in unemployment among European Union countries between June 2015 and June 2016, EU statistics office

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects businessman Mareshki’s referendum petition

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 29 to reject a petition raised by pharmaceutical and fuel industry businessman Vesselin Mareshki

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Supreme Court registers former MRF leader Mestan’s DOST party

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation, in a ruling on July 29, consented to the official registration of former Movement for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests four cops for taking bribes to help migrant traffickers

July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Four police from the district police directorate in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have been arrested on suspicion of acting as

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