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Day: January 19, 2015

Europe 

In rare move, Turkish president Erdogan convenes cabinet

January 19, 2015 VOANews Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened a Cabinet meeting in a rare move Monday, raising concerns among critics of a

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Europe 

EU launches anti-terrorism projects with Muslim countries

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 VOANews

The European Union is launching new anti-terrorism projects with Muslim countries and increasing its intelligence sharing in the aftermath of

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Leisure 

What’s On: Art for Change 1985 – 2015 project at Sofia City Art Gallery

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled Art for Change 1985 – 2015 will be on at the Sofia City Art Gallery from January

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Bulgaria 

Schools in Bulgaria’s Bourgas closed for a week after flu epidemic declared

January 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

An influenza epidemic has been declared in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas, the public broadcaster said on January 19.

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Bulgaria 

Two more refugee centres to be built in southern Bulgaria

January 19, 2015January 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Two more refugee centres will be built in southern Bulgaria, with an information campaign to be conducted to persuade residents

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2014 was 1.22B euro

January 19, 2015January 22, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2014 stood at 1.224 billion euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

More than 1000 of Vassilev’s valuable coins to go to Bulgaria’s National History Museum

January 19, 2015January 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

More than 1000 highly valuable coins, mostly gold, from the collection of Corporate Commercial Bank majority shareholder Tsvetan Vassilev are

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Business 

Regional offices of Invest Bulgaria Agency, SME promotion agency to be set up in Plovdiv

January 19, 2015January 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Regional offices of the Invest Bulgaria Agency and the Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises are

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov sweeps Brown in Australian Open first round

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov made short work of Germany’s Dustin Brown in their first-round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on

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