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The Black Sea is Romania’s ‘gold’

July 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Up to 6.3 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year is what the Neptun Deep field under the Black

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New EU consumer protection rules for holidaymakers take effect on July 1

June 30, 2018July 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

As of July 1 2018, travellers in the EU booking package holidays will enjoy stronger consumer rights, the European Commission

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Israel, World Jewish Congress welcome Polish decision to rescind criminal penalty in Holocaust speech law

June 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Poland

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 27 that he was pleased that the Polish government, the parliament, the

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Tsipras: Greece now a case study of economic recovery

June 27, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

From 2015 to 2018 Greece has turned itself from an example of monumental fiscal failure to a case study for

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EU considers opening membership negotiations with Macedonia, Albania by summer 2019

June 26, 2018July 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias said that discussions are taking place in the EU between the countries in

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Bulgarian FM Zaharieva: Full support for EU membership negotiations with Skopje lacking

June 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

About four-fifths of European Union countries favour opening EU membership accession negotiations with Skopje, realising that an extremely important and

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EU to grant 30M euro to develop broadband infrastructure in Western Balkans

June 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Under the Western Balkan Investment Framework (WBIF), 30 million euro in EU grants will be made available to deploy broadband

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Turkey’s Erdogan claims victory in presidential and parliamentary elections

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Deutsche Welle Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was declared the winner of presidential elections on Sunday, ushering in a new political system

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Merkel advocates bilateral, trilateral deals over migrants to EU

June 24, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday downplayed expectations that the EU summit next Thursday will be able to come to

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