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Month: September 2016

Europe 

‘Croatian spy’ arrested in Belgrade

September 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

Agents of the Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) arrested in Belgrade “a Croatian spy” on September 2, Vecernjenovosti daily reported

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Europe 

UN: Death toll among refugees crossing Mediterranean is highest ever

September 3, 2016September 5, 2016 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Europe migrant crisis

The U.N. refugee agency estimates nearly 4,200 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea since Alan Kurdi’s

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Leisure 

Bulgaria railways to run special train on Septembri – Dobrinishte narrow-gauge line on September 4

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is adding five additional carriages to the Septembri – Dobrinishte narrow-gauge line on September 4 2016,

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Europe 

Parliament in Macedonia votes in interim government

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Parliament in the Republic of Macedonia has given the green light to the interim government, which is the second one

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q2 2016

September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

Sunny weather forecast for Bulgaria’s September 6 long weekend

September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria heads into the first long weekend in September 2016 with a weather forecast that predicts mainly sunshine and high

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc postpones announcement of presidential nomination to September 8

September 2, 2016September 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria’s centre-right coalition the Reformist Bloc has postponed the announcement of its candidate for the country’s November 6 presidential elections

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament again rejects proposal to close body checking communist-era agents

September 2, 2016September 5, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Dossier Commission

In what has become practically an annual ritual, Bulgaria’s National Assembly on September 2 again rejected proposals from socialist and

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv cancels construction permit for Tobacco Town warehouse site

September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Building Control Directorate in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has cancelled a construction permit issued for the 8 Odrin Street

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