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Day: June 14, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev on Borissov’s refusal to meet Gjorge Ivanov: ‘Do not run away from dialogue’

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Reacting to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s refusal to meet President Gjorge Ivanov, visiting Sofia from Skopje, Bulgarian head of

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Europe 

Bulgarians still mostly optimistic about future of EU, Eurobarometer spring 2018 poll finds

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The percentage of Bulgarians who are optimistic about the future of the European Union was 61 per cent in Eurobarometer’s

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Bulgaria 

Hungarian court sentences traffickers who let 71 migrants suffocate to 25 years in prison

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison in connection with the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants

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Europe 

European Commission scraps first call for applications for free wi-fi in public spaces

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has said on June 14 that it cancelled the first call for applications in the WiFi4EU initiative,

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov in Ramallah: Bulgaria supports all initiatives that would help Middle East Peace Process

June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Israel

Bulgaria supports all initiatives that would lead to a positive development of the Middle East Peace Process, Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov meets 3000 members of Bulgarian Jewish community in Israel

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Israel

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has held a meeting with 3000 members of the Bulgarian Jewish community in Israel, emphasising

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Bulgaria 

‘Macedonia’ name issue: Bulgarian PM, Foreign Minister refuse to meet Gjorge Ivanov

June 14, 2018June 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia

President Gjorge Ivanov arrived in Sofia from Skopje for a two-day visit on June 14, but both Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Defence Minister: Less than half of Bulgarian Air Force pilots ever fly

June 14, 2018June 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato

Of the Bulgarian Air Force’s 245 pilots, less than half ever take to the air, because of a lack of

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Among EU capitals, residents of Sofia least satisfied with city’s sports facilities

June 14, 2018June 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, Sofia

Only 38 per cent of residents of Bulgarian capital Sofia thought that the city’s sports facilities were good enough, the

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