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Month: July 2016

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Bulgaria 

Crime rate in Bulgaria down in 2015 – statistics institute

July 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The crime rate in Bulgaria in 2015 was just more than 12 per cent lower than the previous year, the

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Bulgaria 

Nice attack: Bulgarian PM says ‘what we did in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan generates terrorism’

July 15, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed his country’s condolences after the July 14 terrorist attack in Nice in which

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Europe 

Truck ploughs into Bastille Day crowd in France; terror attack kills 84

July 15, 2016 VOANews

French President Francois Hollande says the Bastille Day truck attack that killed 84 and injured 100 others in Nice has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prime Minister congratulates May on appointment as UK PM

July 14, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Theresa May on her appointment as the UK prime minister, the Bulgarian government

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Europe 

European Commission: Relocation of refugees from Greece and Italy is slow

July 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

According to the latest European Commission progress report on the refugee crisis, the relocation process of refugees into EU countries

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Europe 

French embassy and consulates in Turkey close until further notice

July 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

France surprisingly closed its embassy in Ankara along with its consulates in Istanbul and Izmir indefinitely due to serious information

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM to hold talks with coalition partners on Cabinet reshuffle

July 14, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 14 that he would hold talks with coalition government partners on a

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Europe 

Nato-Russia Council session does little to ease tension

July 14, 2016 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Nato, Russia

A meeting Wednesday of NATO and Russian ministers, billed as an opportunity to defuse tensions after the alliance’s recent declaration

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet adopts cyber security policy

July 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Cabinet adopted on July 13 a national cyber security policy, entitled “Cyber Resilient Bulgaria 2020”, a step taken against

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