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Month: August 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Traffic Police launch countrywide operation against speeding

August 7, 2018August 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Traffic Police launched on August 7 a special countrywide operation against speeding. The operation, to continue until August 12

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence dropped slightly in July 2018, three-month poll finds

August 7, 2018August 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

A poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that consumer confidence dropped by 0.6 percentage points in July

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Europe 

Romanian police open inquiry into antisemitic graffiti at Elie Wiesel’s home

August 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

In Romania police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti at Auschwitz survivor and Nobel laureate, Elie Wiesel’s (who died in 2016) childhood

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Bulgaria 

EU confronts member states issuing citizenship for money

August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 Deutsche Welle

The European Commission is calling on EU countries to be more cautious when granting citizenships, according to an interview with

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Bulgaria 

Electricity prices per kilowatt hour in Bulgaria lowest out of 24 EU states – Eurostat

August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Eurostat

The price for electricity per kilowatt hour paid by households in Bulgaria in 2017 was the lowest among 24 of

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Europe 

Asylum applications in EU roughly unchanged in early summer 2018

August 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The downward trend in the number of asylum applications in the EU continued in the first half of 2018, according

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Europe 

Serbia: Aleksandar Vucic ready to ‘protect peace’ in north Kosovo

August 6, 2018 Deutsche Welle Kosovo, Serbia

In an open letter to Serbs in Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said Pristina will “not lift a finger”

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Europe 

Greek government replaces police, fire chiefs following Attica wildfires

August 6, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

As the death toll from the devastating Attica fires climbed to 91, the Greek government is showing who will be

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Bulgaria 

2018 Perseids meteor shower to peak over Bulgaria on August 11 and 12

August 6, 2018August 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The nights of August 11 and 12 will see the peak displays of the 2018 Perseids meteor shower over the

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