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Day: July 19, 2016

Business 

Brexit prompts cuts in global economic growth forecasts

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 VOANews Brexit, IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its two-year global economic growth forecast due to uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from

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Europe 

European Commission cuts growth forecast in first post-Brexit update

July 19, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, European Commission

Uncertainty resulting from the UK’s vote to leave the EU was the main factor affecting the economic outlook in the

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Bulgaria 

160 held in police operation in Sofia against illegal migration

July 19, 2016July 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Sofia

Bulgarian police detained about 160 people in an operation in capital city Sofia against illegal migration on July 18 and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police intercept 45 trying to cross border into Serbia

July 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Serbia, Turkey

Bulgarian Border Police detained 45 foreigners attempting to illegally cross the Bulgarian – Serbian border in the past day, the

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Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador: Supporters of Gulen have schools in Bulgaria

July 19, 2016July 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The organisation founded by Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric and opponent of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has schools at

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Europe 

Bulgaria’s Nataliya Apostolova is appointed new EU ambassador in Pristina

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

The Committee for Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament has appointed Bulgarian diplomat Nataliya Apostolova as special representative of the European

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Europe 

Turkey crackdown grows as Erdogan encourages protests

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Turkey

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are holding nightly rallies across the country to celebrate the defeat of Friday’s

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Business 

More than milk money for Bulgarian cheese and yoghurts

July 19, 2016July 21, 2016 Magdalena Rahn

Bulgarian milk products are carving out their place on the US market. The annual Summer Fancy Food Show, which took

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Perspectives 

A view of potential benefits to Brexit

July 19, 2016July 21, 2016 Jonathan Mills Brexit

There are four ‘free movements’ (also called freedoms) that are intrinsic and indivisible with regard to the EU. These are

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