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Month: July 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state railways urges Pokémon GO players to keep off the tracks

July 29, 2016August 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ has urged players of Pokémon GO, the augmented reality game for smartphone users that has become

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov discusses migrant crisis with Merkel

July 29, 2016July 30, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has discussed the migrant crisis with Angela Merkel, with the German chancellor pledging support for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to hold presidential elections, referendum on November 6 2016

July 29, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria will hold presidential elections and a national referendum on November 6 2016, the National Assembly decided on July 29

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Europe 

Theresa May keeps in mind Slovaks in Britain

July 29, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Brexit, Slovakia

The European Union has fallen in love with itself; it wanted to be the best in the world, but it

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Europe 

Polish and UK PMs discuss post-Brexit reality

July 29, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Brexit, Poland

After Brexit the situation of Polish and other EU citizens living in UK will be regulated on the principle of

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Europe 

IMF internal report reveals mistakes in Greek bailout program

July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, IMF

The International Monetary Fund made a series of shocking admissions on Thursday regarding mistakes it made in the handling of

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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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