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Day: December 8, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President vetoes National Health Insurance Fund 2018 budget

December 8, 2017December 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev vetoed on December 8 the 2018 budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), specifically a

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Business 

Bitcoin: Bulgarian banks terminate accounts of cryptocurrency exchanges

December 8, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian banks have terminated the accounts of several cryptocurrency exchanges, according to reports and an announcement by at least one

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria on Erdogan’s Lausanne Treaty controversy: Talk about borders not beneficial to regional stability

December 8, 2017December 11, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry reacted on December 8 to Turkish president Erdogan’s statement in Athens that Turkey and Greece should “update” the

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Bulgaria 

More than 67% of Bulgarian households have home internet, close to 18% shop online

December 8, 2017December 10, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

About 67.3 per cent of Bulgarian households have internet access at home, according to a 2017 survey which said that

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Mediaeval tomb found at Plovdiv’s Odeon site

December 8, 2017December 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working at the Odeon site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found a mediaeval tomb, at the start of

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Europe 

Erdogan visit to Greece sparks political controversy

December 8, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

The historic visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Athens on December 7 sparked a political disagreement between ruling

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Europe 

Minor earthquakes rattle Bulgaria and Greece

December 8, 2017October 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Two minor earthquakes, one in Greece and one in Bulgaria, have occurred in the past few hours. At 6.05am locat

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