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Month: July 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: Black Sea should be a demilitarised zone

July 9, 2016July 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 9 he wants the Black Sea to be a demilitarised zone, to

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Europe 

Nato and Russia want dialogue, not a new Cold War

July 9, 2016 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Nato, Poland, Russia

The NATO summit in Warsaw is deciding on new troops for Eastern Europe. Russia is to be both deterred and

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Europe 

On Russia, Nato shifts from reassurance to deterrence

July 9, 2016 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Brexit, Nato, Poland, Russia

It is being called the most critical NATO summit since the end of the Cold War. U.S. President Barack Obama

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Bulgaria 

Greek railways strike to hit Sofia – Thessaloniki trains

July 9, 2016July 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

A strike by Greek railway employees from July 8 to 12 will mean the cancellation of trains between Bulgaria’s capital

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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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