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Month: December 2017

Sport 

Grigor Dimitrov voted 2017 sportsperson of the year by Balkan journalists

December 18, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov was voted 2017 sportsperson of the year by journalists from 10 Balkan countries, Bulgaria’s state news agency

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Bulgaria 

Senior revenue agency official shot in Sofia

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A senior official in Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency was shot in Sofia on December 18 and was in critical state,

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Germans do not think Bulgaria is safe holiday destination

December 18, 2017September 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Germans feel safe in five holiday regions only, and Bulgaria is not among them. This is part of the result

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev clashes with Cabinet over fighter jets again

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has once again blasted the government’s handling of the country’s air force fighter jet capability, saying

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria accepted 12 850 non-EU immigrants in 2015 ­– Eurostat

December 15, 2017December 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

A total of 25 223 people immigrated to Bulgaria in 2015, including 12 850 non-EU nationals, according to provisional data

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Europe 

‘Islamic State’ is fighting with weapons made in the EU: study

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 Deutsche Welle

More than a third of the weapons used by “Islamic State” in Iraq and Syria came from European Union states

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Europe 

Greek economic turnaround continues

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The positive signs coming out of the Greek economy increased this week as the country saw its fiscal targets being

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on 2018 NHIF Budget

December 14, 2017January 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition succeeded on December 14 in overturning President Roumen Radev’s veto on the 2018 budget of the National

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Bulgaria 

Turkish Stream gas pipeline to divert to Bulgaria – Turkish media

December 14, 2017December 16, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream, Turkey

A report in Turkish newspaper Habertürk on December 14 claimed that the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline could be diverted

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