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Month: June 2018

Bulgaria 

‘Code orange’ dangerous weather alert in western Bulgaria over rain, thunderstorms

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code orange” dangerous weather warning was issued for June 14 in nine regions in western Bulgaria – Vidin, Vratsa,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.6% inflation in May

June 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.6 per cent inflation in May, up 0.6 percentage points compared to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Coalition government is stable

June 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s coalition government is stable and an intended vote of no confidence by the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party will fail,

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Bulgaria 

Prime Minister Borissov: Bulgaria will not move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

June 13, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Israel

Bulgaria will not move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told the AJC

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Europe 

Nato, US welcome Zaev – Tsipras agreement on ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ name

June 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that he warmly welcomed the agreement reached between Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev

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Europe 

Greek opposition slams Tsipras – Zaev deal on name ‘Republic of North Macedonia’

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, after informing the President of the Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, made a televised speech in which

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Europe 

Leader of opposition in Skopje slams the deal reached about the country’s new name

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Capitulation . This was how the leader of opposition in Skopje, Hristijan Mickoski has considered the agreement reached about the

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Europe 

UN welcomes ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ name deal between Athens and Skopje

June 13, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Following the announcement by Athens and Skopje that the new name being envisaged is the Republic of North Macedonia, UN Secretary-General António

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Europe 

Macedonia name dispute resolution: ‘Wholehearted congratulations’ from EU

June 12, 2018June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

We wholeheartedly congratulate Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev for their determination and leadership in reaching this historic agreement

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