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More than 90 dead dolphins on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast this summer

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A total of 91 dead dolphins have been found on beaches on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast so far in summer

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Bulgaria 

EC reluctant to penalise Canada, US over visa requirements for Bulgarians and Romanians

July 13, 2016July 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

The European Commission said on July 13 that it would continue to “work toward” getting Canada and the United States

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Europe 

Romanian Health Ministry confirms young woman tested positive for Zika virus

July 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania’s Health Ministry on Monday received confirmation that a 27-year-old Romanian woman who returned recently from Martinique tested positive for

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Bulgaria 

Canada to brief EU in autumn on timeline for lifting visas for Bulgarians and Romanians

July 12, 2016July 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Canadian technical experts will visit Bulgaria at the end of July 2016, after visiting Romania last month, as a part

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Bulgaria 

EC mediates Bulgaria-Romania talks with Canada on visa system

July 11, 2016July 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

The European Commission is mediating talks being held in Brussels on July 11 between Bulgaria and Romania, on the one

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German President Joachim Gauck talks security in Romania

June 22, 2016 Deutsche Welle Nato, Romania

German President Joachim Gauck has discussed tensions in Eastern Europe and Berlin’s policies toward Moscow with his Romanian counterpart, Klaus

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria backs stepped-up Black Sea exercises, but only under Nato flag

June 18, 2016June 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania, Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria always has supported the idea of intensified exercises in the Black Sea, but only under the Nato flag, Foreign

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Bulgarian leaders speak on ‘Black Sea fleet’ plan, tensions with Turkey

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Rossen Plevneliev, Turkey

Bulgaria’s President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister, in a joint briefing on June 16, dismissed talk of taking part in

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov opposes Bulgarian participation in Black Sea fleet

June 16, 2016June 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Romania, Russia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has spoken out against his country taking part in a Black Sea fleet being proposed

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