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Day: August 5, 2016

Bulgaria World 

Portugal’s Guterres leads race for next UN chief

August 5, 2016August 9, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Irina Bokova

Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres is holding on to his lead in the race to become the United Nations’

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian archaeologists find rare golden coin at cape Kaliakra ruins

August 5, 2016August 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Digs at the ruins at cape Kaliakra on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast have unearthed a gold coin dating to

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Bulgaria World 

UN Security Council to hold second straw poll on next Secretary-General

August 5, 2016August 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

The 15 members of the United Nations Security Council are to hold a second straw poll on August 5 to

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Bulgaria 

Joint Bulgarian-Greek traffic control teams in border regions

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Joint teams of Bulgarian and Greek police are to control traffic in the regions of the border between the two

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence decreased in July 2016 – poll

August 5, 2016August 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s consumer confidence indicator was 0.6 percentage points lower in July 2016 than in April, the National Statistical Institute (NSI)

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Europe 

US, allies train over Estonia

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 VOANews Estonia, Nato, Russia

As part of a major training exercise to hone the NATO forces’ ability to work together, the United States and

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Perspectives 

Europe seen from the outside – the British view

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Mark Leonard of the ECFR Brexit

A political counter-revolution against the European Union is underway. Brexit is likely to be seen in hindsight as just the

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