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Month: December 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court orders partial referendum recount

December 14, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court ordered on December 14 a recount of ballots cast in the nationwide referendum on November 6

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Bulgaria 

German federal interior ministry donates 12 all-terrain vehicles to Bulgarian Border Police

December 14, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

German’s federal interior ministry has donated 12 all-terrain vehicles to Bulgaria’s Border Police, the German embassy in Sofia and the

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Europe 

EU unveils jobless benefits overhaul

December 14, 2016March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Brexit

The European Union has outlined new benefits reforms delayed by the Brexit campaign. The proposal clarifies rights for EU expatriate

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Business 

Large Bulgarian tour operator files for bankruptcy

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgarian tour operator Alfatour, described as one of the largest in the country, has filed for insolvency on December 13,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Skepticism greets Reformist Bloc’s attempt to form a new government

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc has a deadline of December 19 to form a new government, but their acceptance of a mandate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General: Speeding is leading suspected cause of fatal blast in Hitrino

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Speeding remains the leading suspected cause of the fatal gas tank transport train explosion in Hitrino, Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov

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Bulgaria 

European Commission approves 20M leva aid for Hitrino’s recovery – Bulgarian agriculture minister

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission approved on December 13 the provision of nearly 20 million lev to deal with damage from the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Muslims and Jews launch fund-raising campaigns to aid Hitrino village

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Muslim and Jewish communities are launching fund-raising campaigns to assist people in the village of Hitrino, scene of a

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Bulgaria 

New director of Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee reception centre appointed

December 13, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Former senior Border Police official Slavcho Yanev has been appointed the new director of the Harmanli refugee reception centre, Bulgaria’s

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