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Month: December 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria wants Plan B from European Commission in case Turkey opens refugee floodgates

December 7, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgaria has urged the European Commission to work on an alternative plan in case Turkey fulfills its threat to unleash

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Bulgaria 

One in three Bulgarians smokes – the highest rate in the European Union

December 7, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Close to 35 per cent of Bulgarians smoke, the highest rate in the European Union – higher than in Greece,

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Bulgaria 

Homeless man goes on trial for Plovdiv ‘Tobacco Town’ warehouses fire

December 7, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv District Court began on December 7 the trial of a homeless man, Lyubomir Danchev, on charges of criminal negligence

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to offer Reformist Bloc mandate to form government on December 12

December 7, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev will offer the third and final exploratory mandate to try to form a government to the

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Europe 

Greek government warns creditors it can’t take any more austerity

December 7, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Following Monday’s Eurogroup decision to grant Greece short term debt relief, the country’s government expressed its determination to fend off

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Europe 

Poland’s Supreme Court rules against Polanski’s extradiction

December 7, 2016March 9, 2017 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Oscar-winning Polish-born filmmaker Roman Polanski will not be extradited if he travels to Poland, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge former Military Medical Academy head over 16M leva financial damage

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Military District Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Major-General Stoyan Tonev, former head of the Military Medical Academy, over contracts

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Talks between Reformist Bloc and GERB produce no definitive result

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition held talks with Boiko Borissov’s GERB party on December 6 to assess whether the bloc

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Bulgaria 

International study: 40% of Bulgarian ninth-graders functionally illiterate in science, maths and reading

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A disturbing picture of Bulgaria’s education system has again emerged with the latest international PISA survey, showing that about 40 per

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