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Month: July 2016

Europe 

Owner of illegal file sharing site arrested in Poland

July 21, 2016 VOANews Poland

The alleged owner of Kickass Torrents, an illegal file-sharing website said to have a net worth of at least $54

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Europe 

Parties in Macedonia agree on December 11 parliamentary election date

July 21, 2016July 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

After talks which lasted several days, the main four political parties in the Republic of Macedonia reached an agreement. After a

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Europe 

EU funds for Slovakia halted

July 21, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The European Commission has halted the payments which were allocated for the 2007-2013 programming period. This concerns five operational programmes

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Europe 

Kosovo demands the demarcation of border with Serbia

July 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Before even finalising the process of border demarcation with Montenegro, Kosovo’s authorities are planning to also carry out the border

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Europe 

Erdogan declares three-month state of emergency

July 21, 2016July 22, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday declared a three-month state of emergency in the wake of last week’s thwarted

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General: Not true to say there is no radical Islam in Bulgaria

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Radical Islam is not the only source of terrorism and it is incorrect to equate Islam and radical Islam, according

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry urges Bulgarians not to travel to Turkey

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

The situation in Turkey remains unstable, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on July 20, urging the country’s citizens not to travel

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Europe 

Ukrainian-Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kyiv

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car explosion in Kyiv on the morning of July 20, reported Ukrainska Pravda.

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Bulgaria 

More than 90 dead dolphins on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast this summer

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A total of 91 dead dolphins have been found on beaches on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast so far in summer

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