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Day: September 12, 2016

Bulgaria World 

Russia summons Bulgarian ambassador over UN Secretary-General candidacy

September 12, 2016September 14, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov summoned Bulgarian ambassador Boiko Kotsev for talks on September 12, with the two discussing “some

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Perspectives 

Putin’s gamble on Russia’s Duma elections

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 Nikolay Petrov of the European Council on Foreign Relations Russia

The forthcoming Duma elections are the first of the new, post-Crimean annexation era and the first elections since 2003 to

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Europe 

Europol: Trends in migrant smuggling into Europe changing

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Between early 2015 and the summer of 2016, the picture of migrant smuggling to and within the EU has undergone

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Bulgaria World 

Clarity awaited in Bulgaria’s Bokova – Georgieva UN chief nomination drama

September 12, 2016September 14, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Two days after reports that Bulgaria’s European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva would emerge as a candidate to be the next United

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Business 

Bulgaria Environment Ministry to fine Montupet plant in Rousse

September 12, 2016September 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Environment Ministry will issue a 500 000 leva, or about 255 600 euro, fine to the plant owned by

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports to other EU countries 3.7% up in H1 2016 – NSI

September 12, 2016September 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports to other European Union countries were 3.7 per cent higher in January to June 2016 than in the

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