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Month: August 2016

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria busts three for trafficking migrants from Turkey to Western Europe

August 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian law enforcement and national security officers have arrested three residents of the town of Kyustendil in an operation against

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Europe 

Bulgarian sailors handed prison sentences in Spanish drug trial

August 4, 2016August 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Prison sentences ranging from six to 10 years were handed to Bulgarian sailors that were part of the crew of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector construction faces delay – report

August 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

The start of construction on the gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece could be delayed by at least six months,

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Business 

Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical completes acquisition of Actavis Generics

August 4, 2016August 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world’s largest maker of generic drugs, has completed the acquisition of Actavis Generics, a unit

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