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Day: June 18, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy holds Black Sea 2018 tactical exercise from June 18

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 25 Bulgarian Navy combat and auxiliary ships are taking part in the Black Sea 2018 tactical exercise

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Bulgaria 

Official investigation contradicts Simeonov’s claims about ‘illegal’ beach bars at Sunny Beach

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works has announced the results of an investigation that found that, in spite

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Europe 

EU extends sanctions over illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to June 2019

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union said on June 18 that it was extending restrictive measures in response to the

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Europe 

EU proposes increasing space programme budget by 50 per cent to 16 billion euro

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The European Union proposes investing 16 billion euro in the period 2021-2027 “to further enhance Europe’s leadership in space,” a

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 3.6 Richter scale shakes villages in Bulgaria’s Gotse Delchev area

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake measured at 3.5 on the Richter Scale shook the villages of Breznitsa and Kornitsa in Bulgaria’s Gotse Delchev

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Europe 

Trend of decrease in number of asylum applications in EU continues in 2018

June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The trend of a significant decrease in the number of asylum applications in the EU is continuing in 2018, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Government ‘showed courage’ by picking Western Balkans as theme for EU Presidency

June 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has praised the work of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the choice

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Bulgaria 

Summer 2018: Bulgarian railways has shortfall of sleeping car tickets on trains to the coast

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, tourism, Varna

Just as the summer holiday season begins to pick up speed, getting a place in a Bulgarian railways sleeping car

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