News archive of September 2019

Attica governor calls on SYRIZA to take down festival posters

Newly elected Attica Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis on Monday sent a letter to the president of opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, demanding that the leftist party remove hundreds of posters advertising a music festival organized by its youth wing in Athens last weekend.

Passengers Are Evacuated from Sofia Airport

Departure passengers are evacuated from Terminal 1 at Sofia Airport, bTV reported.

According to initial information, the evacuation is due to a fire. The alarm went off at about 12.30.

There is no information whether there are victims and about what triggered the alarm.

 

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ECB’s Draghi says he did not want Greece out of eurozone

Outgoing European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi says that he was never part of the camp that wanted "to let Greece go" from the eurozone during the deadlock between lenders and the then recently elected SYRIZA party in 2015.

Foreign debt stock stands at $446.9B end-June

Turkey's gross external debt stock totaled $446.9 billion at the end of June, the Treasury and Finance Ministry announced on Sept. 30. 

After Austrian Conservative Sebastian Kurz Wins Election, What's Next?

Former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wins a strong vote but cannot make the cabinet himself.

The big winner in the Austrian elections is the party of former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. The formation is taking 7% more than the previous vote and will have 11 deputies more than it has before.

The Fashion Brand Forever 21 Has Declared Bankruptcy

The US-based apparel company Forever 21 which was founded in 1984, filed for bankruptcy. The fashion brand, which has stores in Bulgaria, however, does not intend to completely withdraw from the market, but rather to use this move as a way to clear its business from non-working assets, in particular, from non-profit shops.

Bulgaria Will Have a New Position on Northern Macedonia's European Integration

An advisory meeting to discuss the results of the work of the Joint Committee on Historical and Educational Affairs between Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia was held with President Rumen Radev. Prior to the invitation to Skopje to begin EU membership talks, the head of state requested that Bulgarian support should not be at the expense of native history, language and identity.

Rumen Radev: A Position is Needed to Protect the Bulgarian National Interest

"Actions are needed to develop a national position with clear requirements and criteria that safeguard the Bulgarian national interest." This was stated by President Rumen Radev after the meeting to discuss the results of the work of the Joint Committee on Historical and Educational Affairs between Bulgaria and Northern Macedonia.

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