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Day: August 8, 2016

Perspectives 

Opinion: Erdogan, Putin and the touchy Turkish Stream

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Deutsche Welle energy, Russia, South Stream, Turkey

The revival of the Turkish Stream pipeline project is expected to be the concrete outcome of the meeting between Russian

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Perspectives 

Twenty years on, Michael Kapoustin and Life Choice

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Patrick Brigham

“Letters to My Son” is an autobiographical account of Michael Kapoustin’s life in Bulgaria. In it, he describes his time

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors: Mourad Hamyd a ‘real, present and serious’ threat to national security

August 8, 2016August 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Mourad Hamyd, the 20-year-old French citizen arrested in Bulgaria in connection with alleged participation in an organised crime group preparing

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Europe 

Bulgarian leaders send condolences to counterparts in Skopje over fatal floods

August 8, 2016August 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s President and its Prime Minister have sent condolences to their counterparts in Skopje after the catastrophic weather this past

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