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Month: August 2016

Europe 

Croatian election campaign spills over into Serbia

August 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

The latest statements by Zoran Milanovic, the leader of the Croatian Social-Democratic Party (SDP), have provoked harsh reactions in Serbia,

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv prosecutors order burnt-out tobacco warehouses shored up

August 26, 2016August 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Prosecutors in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have told municipal and national authorities to organise emergency temporary strengthening of the Tobacco Town

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Sofia Restaurant Week in September 2016 – the menus

August 26, 2016August 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Excitement is building ahead of the inaugural Sofia Restaurant Week – and eager diners can now scan the menus online

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Bulgaria Videos 

Bulgaria Now podcast: No smoke without fire

August 26, 2016August 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, Plovdiv

The fire that gutted historic former tobacco warehouses in Plovdiv is the talk of the town – and the country,

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Perspectives 

The Balkan Blog: Will Britons ever be slaves?

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016 Patrick Brigham Brexit

When Britain first, at Heaven’s command Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And

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Europe 

Government leaves Macedonia at risk to beautify Skopje

August 26, 2016August 28, 2016 Deutsche Welle Macedonia

This year the annual WorldRiskReport published by UN agencies focuses on logistics and infrastructure. Recent floods in Macedonia are a

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Europe 

Poland’s PGNiG likely to suspend shale gas project

August 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice energy, Poland

PGNiG gas giant failed to achieve satisfactory gas flow in latest shale gas test in Wysin, northern Poland, as maximum

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Europe 

Poland monitors Russia’s snap military drills

August 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

Polish armed forces are constantly monitoring the situation in connection with information on Russia putting troops on full combat mode,

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Bulgaria 

Lawyers: Accused in Plovdiv’s Tobacco Town fire case is a ‘scapegoat’

August 25, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Lawyers for Lyubomir Danchev, the 44-year-old man charged with arson in connection with the August 20 burning of four historic

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