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Day: July 28, 2016

Perspectives 

The unspeakable in pursuit of the unelectable?

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 Patrick Brigham

Carefully mincing up Oscar Wilde’s reference to the British landed gentry with the tragicomic hero from from Victor Hugo’s tale

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejects three of TV showman’s referendum questions

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court said on July 28 that it had unanimously rejected three of the questions posed by television showman

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Bulgaria 

Karina Karaivanova appointed head of Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament appointed Karina Karaivanova as chairperson of the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) on July 28, with 139 votes in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Muslim leaders: Burqa ban could lead to threat to national security

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s proposed law banning the wearing of the burqa is a violation of civil rights and could lead to a

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Europe 

EU gives Turkey 1.4BN euro for education and health of Syrian refugees

July 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Syrian refugees, Turkey

The European Commission (EC) said on July 28 that it was bringing to more than two billion euro the total

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Bulgaria 

Stormy start to ‘radical Islam’ trial in Bulgaria

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The trial in a Bulgarian court of 14 people, allegedly supporters of radical Islam, on charges of propagating religious hatred

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Business 

Bulgarian business sentiment drops in July 2016 – poll

July 28, 2016July 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found a drop in business sentiment in Bulgaria in July

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Europe 

Greek tourism heading for new record

July 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The upward trajectory of Greek tourism for this year has been confirmed, based on data received by the Hellenic Tourism

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Europe 

Escalation of media crackdown in Turkey heightens concerns

July 28, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Two U.S. advocacy organizations blasted Turkey on Wednesday for stepping up a campaign to crack down on journalists and media

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