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Day: August 2, 2018

Europe 

European Medicines Agency issues update on recalled valsartan medicines

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued an update on August 2 on its review of recalled valsartan medicines, with a

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Business 

France’s Societe Generale to sell Bulgarian unit to Hungary’s OTP Bank

August 2, 2018August 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

French banking group Societe Generale said on August 2 that it has agreed the sale of its Bulgarian subsidiary, Societe

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian and Macedonian PMs hold second joint commemoration of Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising

August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his counterpart from the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev held their second joint commemoration

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 4.1 on Richter scale in southern Bulgaria

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck at 5.17pm on August 2 in southern Bulgaria, 55km south-east of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s summer 2018 season: Close to 1000 police deployed to resorts

August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Close to 1000 additional police officers from all over Bulgaria have been deployed to the country’s Black Sea coastal resorts

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 14th Century gold coin found at Bulgaria’s Rusokastro Fortress site

August 2, 2018August 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Bourgas

A gold coin from the time of Andronicus II and Andronicus III Paleologus (14th century) has been discovered during archaeological

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Europe 

EC, marking Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, issues call against dehumanisation

August 2, 2018August 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The dehumanisation of the Roma and other minorities was the first step in facilitating the heinous crimes by which about

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