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Month: July 2016

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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Europe 

Brexit dampens zeal for Serbia’s EU bid

July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Brexit, Serbia

It has been 16 years since Serbia, as part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, began negotiations to enter

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Accused in terrorist bombing on Israelis to be announced ‘in days’

July 7, 2016July 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Rossen Plevneliev

The names of those to be charged in connection with the July 2012 fatal terrorist bombing attack on a group

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General asks Parliament to lift immunity of MRF MP

July 7, 2016July 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has asked the National Assembly to lift the immunity from prosecution of Movement for Rights and Freedoms

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Bulgaria 

Concern grows over Bulgarian paramilitaries and ‘border patrols’

July 7, 2016July 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An opposition MP has raised questions in Bulgaria’s Parliament after it emerged that anti-Islamic foreign politicians came to the country

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Perspectives 

Bitcoin – The Demand. The Supply. The Halvening

July 7, 2016November 3, 2017 Lance Nelson

Bitcoin price history The price of bitcoin this last week has been in the $610 to $700 range and, at the

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