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Day: January 7, 2015

Europe 

Bulgaria joins condemnation of terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo

January 7, 2015January 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s President, Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry have added their voices to condemnation of the terrorist attack on January 7 on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet returns former head of refugee agency to post

January 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria’s cabinet has returned Nikola Kazakov, who headed the State Agency for Refugees from 2010 to 2013, to the post

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government debt at 23.1% of GDP in November 2014

January 7, 2015January 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s total government debt reached 9.6 billion euro at the end of November 2014, or 23.1 per cent of gross

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Business 

Unemployment in EU was 10% in November 2014, 11.1% in Bulgaria

January 7, 2015January 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in the European Union was 10 per cent in November 2014, an improvement both on a monthly and annual

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov starts 2015 with tough win in Brisbane

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov started 2015 with a win in his first singles match against Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in Brisbane, coming back

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Europe 

Global action urged to stop migrant ‘ghost ships’

January 7, 2015 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Syrian refugees

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is calling for action to stop the use of so-called ghost ships to transport

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Europe 

Suicide attack in Istanbul – One police officer dead

January 7, 2015January 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

A suicide bomb attack took place in Istanbul, which resulted in one policeman dead and another wounded. The attack was

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