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Month: December 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc starts consultations on trying to put together a government

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition is starting consultations with a selection of other parliamentary groups on possibly trying to put

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Bulgaria 

Number of Afghans wanting to return home from Bulgaria could reach 500 – Interior Minister

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

About 300 Afghan citizens have applied for voluntary return to their country from Bulgaria and this number could reach 500,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q3 2016

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

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

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Perspectives 

The Populist-Putin-Trump insurgency against liberal Europe

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 Fredrik Wesslau of the European Council on Foreign Relations

Europe’s liberal order could come crashing down next year. Squeezed from all directions, it may not be able to withstand

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has detained more than 17 700 migrants illegally in country so far in 2016

December 6, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

From the start of 2016 until November 24, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry apprehended a total of 17 717 migrants who

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Bulgaria 

Interior Minister Buchvarova: Reports about planned terrorist attack in Bulgaria untrue

December 5, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova has indicated that allegations about plans for a terrorist attack in Bulgaria are untrue. “There

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Minister: Tipoff received via diplomatic channels on plans for terrorist attack

December 5, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria had received an alert via diplomatic channels of plans for a terrorist attack in the country, Interior Minister Roumyana

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Scant chance election rules will change before 2017 vote

December 5, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

In spite of the outcome of Bulgaria’s controversy-ridden November 2016 national referendum on changes to the political system – including

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing PM discusses migration crisis, presidential elections with US ambassador

December 5, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In talks on December 5, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov discussed the migration crisis and the outcomes of the presidential

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