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Day: July 8, 2016

Europe 

Bulgarian President: Nato main source of security and stability

July 8, 2016July 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

At the Nato Warsaw summit, it will clearly be stated that Nato is the main source of security and stability

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former deputy Parliament Speaker acquitted on appeal

July 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Appellate Court ruled on July 8 to uphold a lower court’s acquittal of former MP Hristo Biserov on charges

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Perspectives 

Whitehall whitewash or downright lies?

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Patrick Brigham

We can all start to wonder – now the Brexit is over and the Sir John Chilcot report is back

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Perspectives 

Jonathan Mills’s three Points to Ponder

July 8, 2016 Jonathan Mills

Points to Ponder: We hear a lot these days about how a person is “proud to be [insert nationality]”, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had among highest population decreases in EU – Eurostat

July 8, 2016July 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had among the largest decreases in population in the European Union, EU statistics agency Eurostat said, citing estimates for

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court declines registration of Mestan’s DOST party

July 8, 2016July 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

Sofia City Court has turned down an application to register former Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Lyutvi Mestan’s

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Perspectives 

The dangerous decade: Russia-Nato relations 2014 to 2024

July 8, 2016 Gustav Gressel of the ECFR Nato, Poland, Russia

Russia’s invasion and annexation of Crimea and its subsequent military invasion of the Donbas sent shockwaves through NATO, bringing an

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Europe 

Nato summit to focus on IS, Russian aggression, Afghan war

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Carla Babb of VOANews Nato, Poland, Russia

On the heels of a U.S. announcement to keep 8,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, NATO leaders will meet in Warsaw

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Europe 

Warsaw hosts Nato summit

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Nato, Poland

More than 2000 delegates from 28 Nato allies and 26 partner countries have arrived in Warsaw for the two-day Nato

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