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Day: September 20, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft bill to pay Belene arbitration damages

September 20, 2016September 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Bulgaria’s state-owned electric utility NEK will receive a cash injection from the state Budget to pay the damages awarded by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian school teenagers above European average for smoking, drinking and marijuana use

September 20, 2016September 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian school pupils aged 15 to 16 smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol and use cannabis at a rate about 10 percentage

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Perspectives 

EU indecision on UN Secretary General choice plays to Russia’s advantage

September 20, 2016 Richard Gowan of the European Council on Foreign Relations Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

The race to replace Ban Ki-moon as United Nations Secretary-General in 2017 is an awful muddle, yet it may still

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM slams Russian MP’s ‘I’ll buy Bulgaria’ comment

September 20, 2016September 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has sharply condemned a comment by Russian MP Pyotr Tolstoy who said that he would “will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria grants 300 000 leva to Macedonia over flood damage

September 20, 2016September 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on September 20 to grant financial assistance of 300 000 leva (about 153 440 euro) to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court begins hearing first terrorism trial

September 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has begun hearing its first case involving charges of terrorism, laid against three Syrians that prosecutors

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Bulgaria 

European Commissioner: Bulgaria to play crucial role with launch of new European border protection

September 20, 2016September 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency European migrant crisis

Bulgaria will play a crucial role on the European stage with the October 6 opening of the new European border

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Videos 

Bulgaria Now podcast: Bulgaria’s back to school – more chaos than theory

September 20, 2016October 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, podcasts

Hundreds of thousands of young Bulgarians returned to school, or began their first day, in the past week. They’ve entered

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Europe 

European Commission rules Poland has to suspend new retailer tax

September 20, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The European Commission has opened an investigation into Poland’s new retailer tax and issued an injunction stating that Poland has

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