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Day: September 1, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc leaders propose Traicho Traikov as presidential candidate

September 1, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

The leaders’ council of the centre-right coalition Reformist Bloc has proposed naming Traicho Traikov, formerly a minister in Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev: Growing number of politicians want to take Bulgaria off Euro-Atlantic course

September 1, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

A growing number of politicians in Bulgaria want to divert the country from its Euro-Atlantic course of development, President Rossen

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Business 

Markovo Tepe Mall in Plovdiv to open at the end of October 2016

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Markovo Tepe Mall, a project in Plovdiv that has seen stops and starts since construction began in 2008, is set

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Bulgaria 

Borissov says will he will be presidential candidate in 2021 – but not 2016

September 1, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov says that he will stand as a candidate in presidential

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Europe 

Four parties in political agreement on Macedonia’s December 11 election

September 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The leaders of the four main political parties in the Republic of Macedonia have commented on the agreement reached on the

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