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Day: August 2, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Air force commander lied in denying political ambitions

August 2, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has launched a scathing verbal attack on Air Force commander General Roumen Radev, who has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Avionams aircraft repair plant back in state hands

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, CCB affair, Nato, Poland, Russia

The Avionams aircraft repair plant in the southern Bulgarian town of Graf Ignatievo, privatised in 2008, is back in state

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Europe 

Deaths on Med migrant sea route to Europe so far in 2016 pass 3000 mark

August 2, 2016August 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Deaths in the Mediterranean as migrants and refugees seek to reach Europe add up to 3120 so far in 2016,

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Bulgaria 

False start to Bulgaria’s trial of three Syrians on terrorism charges

August 2, 2016August 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A special criminal court in Bulgaria postponed the trial of three Syrians on terrorism charges after the accused asked to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian road death toll rises as 2016 summer holiday season nears peak

August 2, 2016August 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 376 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria so far in 2016, 67 of them in

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Bulgaria 

Summer 2016 in Bulgaria: Road death toll rises

August 2, 2016January 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments

A total of 376 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria so far in 2016, 67 of them in

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Europe 

Concerns over Turkish media freedom in aftermath of failed coup

August 2, 2016 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

With nearly 20,000 people detained and arrests continuing, there is rising concern the crackdown in Turkey after the July 15

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