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Bulgaria may get special treatment in EU migrant share-out scheme – Tusk

June 26, 2015June 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union leaders have agreed that 40 000 migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece will be relocated to

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Bulgaria 

Rights report notes anti-Semitic rhetoric, prejudice against Roma in Bulgaria

June 26, 2015June 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Anti-Semitic rhetoric continued to appear commonly on social networking sites and as comments under online media articles in Bulgaria in

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Bulgaria 

Concerns about deterioration of Bulgarian media environment persist – US state dept

June 26, 2015July 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Concerns persist about deterioration of the media environment in Bulgaria because of corporate and political pressure that, combined with the

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride Parade set for June 27

June 25, 2015June 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The eighth annual Sofia Pride march will take place in the Bulgarian capital on June 27, and again – as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM bemoans EU focus on Greece

June 25, 2015June 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has joined the choir of voices criticising Greece’s stance in the ongoing bailout negotiations with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expels 18 illegal migrants to countries of origin

June 25, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria has expelled 18 illegal migrants, sending them out of the country on a joint flight organised by Austria and

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Bulgaria 

One dead in accident at Bulgarian mine

June 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

One person has died and another has been injured in an accident at the Erma Reka mine near Zlatograd in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator pleads case for electricity price hike

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The head of Bulgaria’s utilities regulator told MPs on June 24 that implementing the changed pricing formula proposed by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister slams ‘hysteria’ over weapons deployment

June 24, 2015June 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The stated intention of the United States to deploy military equipment in Bulgaria is within the framework of agreements at

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