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Day: August 30, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls meeting of security council to discuss ‘workable’ model against corruption

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for October

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government gives further 1.2M leva for new section of fence at Turkish border

August 30, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

At a regular meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved 1.224 million leva (about 626 000 euro) for the construction

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria starts work on overhauling stretch of Plovdiv-Bourgas railway line, building new section of Struma motorway

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The close of August 2017 sees two transport projects getting underway in Bulgaria – an overhaul of a 26km section

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Europe 

Relaxation of capital controls in Greece scheduled for September 1

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Starting from September 1, capital controls in Greece are being relaxed, with the new limit on withdrawals with from ATMs

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria wants to ban smoking of hookahs by under-18s

August 30, 2017August 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Bulgaria is moving towards banning the smoking of hookahs by under-18s, amid media reports that the practice is a craze

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Bulgarian soldiers holding Kalashnikov semi automatic rifles
Bulgaria 

Report on Bulgarian armed forces: Personnel shortages, insufficient resources, obsolete equipment

August 30, 2017August 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 30 the annual report on the state of the armed forces, which says that the

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