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Month: July 2016

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge three Syrians with terrorism

July 27, 2016July 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s special prosecutor has lodged charges of terrorism against three Syrian citizens, the Prosecutor’s Office said on July 27 2016.

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Business 

Bulgaria’s BEH places 550M euro bond on Irish Stock Exchange

July 27, 2016July 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has successfully placed a 550 million euro bond issue on the Irish Stock Exchange, the company

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Bulgaria 

Paris-Sofia flight on July 27 cancelled, as cabin crew unions begin strike

July 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The Air France flight from Paris to Sofia, as well as the corresponding return flight, on July 27 have been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Ombudsman lodges Constitutional Court challenge on new electoral code

July 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Ombudsman Maya Manolova asked the Constitutional Court on July 26 to scrap provisions in the Electoral Code that envisioned

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes second package of Judiciary Act amendments

July 26, 2016July 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian MPs passed at second reading on July 26 a second package of amendments to the country’s Judiciary Act, part

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Bulgaria 

Russia denies Bulgarian accusations of airspace intrusions

July 26, 2016July 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia

The spokesperson for Russia’s defence ministry denied the accusations made by Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev about alleged intrusions by

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Europe 

Austria, Hungary and Europol dismantle migrant smuggling ring

July 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

European police agency Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) has supported the Austrian and Hungarian authorities to detect and dismantle

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Europe 

Tsipras begins dialogue for a ‘new Greece’ by 2021

July 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced the beginning of a wide and long debate on reviewing the Greek constitution with

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Europe 

Erdogan’s purges threaten future of Turkey’s secular society

July 26, 2016 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Turkey

Watchers see Turkey’s failed coup and the subsequent purge carried out by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as part of

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