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Day: June 14, 2017

Europe 

Greek FM: Solution to name dispute must precede Macedonia’s Nato entry

June 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Athens will not consent to Nato entry for the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia before the name dispute with Greece’s northern

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Bulgaria 

In Ankara, Bulgarian PM Borissov puts effort into reset of relations with Turkey

June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Turkey

Just a few short months ago, relations between Sofia and Ankara were tense, as the Turkish ambassador was summoned over

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Europe 

EC launches infringement procedures against Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over failures on refugee relocation

June 14, 2017June 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, European Commission, Hungary, Poland

The European Commission said that it had launched infringement procedures on June 14 against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.3% inflation in May

June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.3 per cent inflation in May, after monthly figures showed 0.3 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms party expels mayor of Hitrino over slow recovery of blast-hit town

June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian opposition party the Movement for Rights and Freedoms has expelled the mayor of Hitrino and the leader of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s jet fighter acquisition: Gripen hopes negotiations will start after summer

June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

SAAB hopes that the Bulgarian government will start negotiations with it on the acquisition of Gripen multi-role jet fighters and

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Europe 

Zaev: We are sending a message for a new future regarding our cooperation with Greece

June 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Macedonia’s prime minister Zoran Zaev  commented to journalists on the visit by foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov to Greece, saying that the

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