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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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Bulgaria 

July 6-7 announced as date for CEE – China ’16+1′ summit in Sofia

June 15, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian government has announced July 6 and 7 as the dates for the “16+1” 2018 Central Eastern Europe –

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Five districts in Bulgaria face ‘Code Orange’ dangerous weather warning for June 16

June 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Five districts in Bulgaria are subject to a “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather on June 16 because of forecast

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM Zaharieva begins two-day visit to Macedonia

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva began a two-day visit to Macedonia on June 15. Her programme included meetings with local

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev on Borissov’s refusal to meet Gjorge Ivanov: ‘Do not run away from dialogue’

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Reacting to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s refusal to meet President Gjorge Ivanov, visiting Sofia from Skopje, Bulgarian head of

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Bulgaria 

Hungarian court sentences traffickers who let 71 migrants suffocate to 25 years in prison

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

A Hungarian court sentenced four human traffickers to 25 years in prison in connection with the gruesome deaths of 71 migrants

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov in Ramallah: Bulgaria supports all initiatives that would help Middle East Peace Process

June 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Israel

Bulgaria supports all initiatives that would lead to a positive development of the Middle East Peace Process, Prime Minister Boiko

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