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Day: September 1, 2015

Europe 

IOM: 350 000 migrants have fled to Europe this year

September 1, 2015September 4, 2015 VOANews

The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that more than 350,000 migrants have made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean

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Europe 

About 3000 asylum-seekers now pass through Macedonia daily – UNICEF

September 1, 2015September 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The number of “exhausted and desperate” women and children making their way from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq through Macedonia seeking

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Europe 

Austria struggles to cope with influx of refugees

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 Deutsche Welle

It took only a matter of minutes for Austrian police to find its first van attempting to carry seven smuggled

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Business 

New gas discovery shakes eastern Mediterranean energy landscape once again

September 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

The changing energy landscape of the eastern Mediterranean has had yet another “game-changing” moment with ENI announcing the discovery of

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Europe World 

Turkey police move against media ahead of election

September 1, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Turkey

Turkish police launched a series of raids on Tuesday September 1 on businesses owned by a major media company in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, World Bank sign deal on EU structural and investment funds

September 1, 2015September 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank’s vice president for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller and Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds

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Leisure 

Enrique Iglesias brings Sex and Love Tour to Sofia on December 14 2015

September 1, 2015September 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias is to perform at Sofia’s Arena Armeec stadium on December 14 2015 as part of his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian archaeology August: From the ‘seal of God’ to a shepherd’s discovery

September 1, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The month of August customarily sees a range of discoveries by archaeologists in Bulgaria as the excavation season peaks, and

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Europe 

Hungary closes railway station, stops stream of migrants

September 1, 2015September 2, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Slovakia

Hungarian authorities have shut down Budapest’s main train station, stranding hundreds of migrants, mostly from conflict-ridden areas of the Middle

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