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Month: June 2018

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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Bulgaria Europe 

Bulgarian government welcomes June 17 signing of ‘North Macedonia’ name agreement

June 17, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 17 that he congratulated his counterparts from Athens and Skopje, Alexis Tsipras

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Europe 

Greek government survives no-confidence vote over Macedonia name deal

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 Deutsche Welle Greece, Macedonia

The left-led coalition government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras survived on June 16 a no-confidence vote brought by the conservative

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Europe 

Nikola Dimitrov, Foreign Minister in Skopje: June 17 is a historic day

June 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

“Tomorrow’s a historic day for Macedonia, because it will mark the day when the future of the country is written”.

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Perspectives 

Power words: Europe’s stake in the Macedonian name dispute

June 17, 2018 Vessela Tcherneva Greece, Macedonia

By Daniel Stefanov and Vessela Tcherneva Macedonia and Greece have defied the stereotype that the Balkans produce only bad news.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Tsipras and Zaev have EU’s full backing over ‘North Macedonia’ name deal

June 16, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterpart from Skopje, Zoran Zaev, have the full backing of the European Union

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Bulgaria 

Macedonian PM Zaev tells Bulgarian Foreign Minister: ‘Today the Balkans are building friendships’

June 16, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Meeting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Republic of Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he believed that his

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019: Open call for ‘last-minute’ projects

June 15, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation announced on June 15 an open call for last-minute projects in the official programme of the

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