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Month: December 2016

Bulgaria 

Trump tells Bulgarian PM Borissov in phone conversation he hopes to meet in person soon

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

United States president-elect Donald Trump has told Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that he hopes they can meet in person

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-October 2016 was 942M euro

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of 2016 stood at 942 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Borissov, Patriotic Front, set conditions for supporting Reformist Bloc attempt at forming government

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s winter 2016 political drama took a new twist as Boiko Borissov and the nationalist Patriotic Front set their conditions

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian security agent arrested over trying to con foreigners over permanent residence cards, citizenship

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors have arrested a State Agency for National Security (SANS) agent in connection with three crimes, including allegedly trying

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge three more people over riots at Harmanli refugee centre

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Harmanli has laid criminal charges against three more people, two Afghan citizens and one Iraqi,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Hitrino disaster: Removal of gas tanks continues – photos

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

By noon on December 16, a third gas tank had been removed from Bulgaria’s north-eastern village of Hitrino, site of

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Leisure 

Sofia’s Ariana Lake ice rink opens for 2016/17 season

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The ice rink at Sofia’s Ariana Lake in Borissova Gradina, the largest ice rink in the Balkans, has opened for

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Europe 

EU extends sanctions on Russia

December 16, 2016March 9, 2017 Luis Ramirez of VOANews Russia

European Union leaders meeting Thursday in Brussels agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, EU officials said.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Cracks in Reformist Bloc over government formation attempt become even clearer

December 15, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The cracks in Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition over an attempt to form a government became even clearer on December

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