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Month: September 2016

Europe 

EU grants further 115M euro to Greece to cope with refugee crisis

September 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The European Commission has stepped up its funding to improve living conditions for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Greece,

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Europe 

Croatia seeks way to tip the electoral scales second time around

September 11, 2016 Deutsche Welle Croatia

Croatia found itself in a strange situation in mid-June: The center-right government led by the technocrat Tihomir Oreskovic was overthrown

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Leisure 

Thousands of reservations for first Sofia Restaurant Week

September 10, 2016September 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The first Sofia Restaurant Week, from September 11 to 17 2016, has already attracted about 2500 reservations at the 25

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Bulgaria 

Exclusive Interview/IBNA: Daniel Mitov, Foreign Minister of Bulgaria

September 10, 2016September 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

How important is the conference in Rhodes, about security and stability, for your country Bulgaria? How necessary are conferences like

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Bulgaria World 

UN Secretary-General race: Kristalina Georgieva to be nominated – reports

September 10, 2016September 12, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian European Commission vice-president Kristalina Georgieva is to be a late entry into the race to succeed UN Secretary-General Ban

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Bulgaria 

BSP names MEP Yotova as vice-presidential candidate

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has named Iliyana Yotova, a member of the European Parliament, as its candidate vice-president

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Bulgaria World 

Portugal’s Guterres front-runner in race for next UN chief

September 9, 2016September 12, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Irina Bokova

The lengthy process to select a new U.N. chief took another step forward Friday, as former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio

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Europe 

Kyiv wins right to host Eurovision

September 9, 2016 The Kyiv Post Eurovision, Ukraine

It’s official: Kyiv will host the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian Organization Committee picked Kyiv over Odesa and Dnipro

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Bulgaria 

Political row over low-price sale of former royal stables in Sofia centre

September 9, 2016September 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the government’s chief inspectorate to investigate the office of the Sofia Regional Governor

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