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Day: August 17, 2016

Europe 

Macedonian Jewish Community, JDC aids thousands after deadly storms in Macedonia

August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

A week after the August 6-7 disastrous floods that struck Macedonia, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) together with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party votes ex-air force chief Radev as its presidential candidate

August 17, 2016August 28, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party’s (BSP) national council, after a meeting lasting several hours on August 17, chose former Air

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry cautions travellers to Ukraine

August 17, 2016August 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on August 17 a series of recommendations to the country’s citizens travelling to Ukraine,

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in H1 2016 was 778.4M euro

August 17, 2016August 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first half of 2016 stood at 778.4 million euro, the equivalent of 1.7

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sends humanitarian aid after Skopje, Tetevo fatal floods

August 17, 2016August 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on August 17 that it was sending humanitarian assistance worth about 120 000 leva (about 61 000

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Bulgaria 

Building of Kresna – Sandanski stretch of Struma motorway to begin in September

August 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Construction of the Kresna-Sandanski stretch of Bulgaria’s Struma Motorway, that will run to the Greek border, is to begin in

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Europe 

Up to three years’ imprisonment for using term Polish death camps

August 17, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The Polish government will delegalize terms such as “Polish death camps” in reference to concentration camps run by Nazi German

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Europe 

Biden offers condolences for Nato bombing of Serbia in 1999

August 17, 2016 VOANews Kosovo, Serbia

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden offered his condolences to the families of those killed in the Balkan wars, including those

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Leisure 

Game Evolution 2016 to be held in Sofia in September

August 17, 2016March 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia will become a paradise for gamers. Game Evolution 2016 is scheduled to start on September 9 2016, and end

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