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Month: September 2015

Europe 

Language barriers add to migrants’ difficulties in Europe

September 12, 2015 VOANews

The journey for the tens of thousands fleeing conflict in the Middle East is already difficult, but their challenges are

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Europe 

HRW: Migrant crisis political because of Islamophobia

September 12, 2015 VOANews Syria

European countries, the United States and rich Persian Gulf nations are coming under criticism from human rights groups for not

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World 

Total lunar eclipse to be visible from Europe

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post final frontier

People in Europe will have a chance to see a total lunar eclipse on the night of September 27–28. The

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant crisis – roundup, September 11

September 11, 2015September 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Syrian refugees

Four eastern EU member states have stood by their rejection of compulsory quotas for migrants. Germany’s foreign minister has warned

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports to EU, third countries, up – but trade deficit remains

September 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria has reported a 12.4 per cent increase year-on-year in January to June 2015 to other European Union countries, and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament to debate toughened penalties for people-trafficking

September 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Turkey

Amendments to Bulgaria’s Penal Code providing for increased penalties for trafficking of refugees will be presented for a second reading

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Podcast: Use the (migrant) situation creatively

September 11, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Russia, Syrian refugees

  Bulgaria Now’s Lance Nelson and The Sofia Globe Editor-in-Chief Clive Leviev-Sawyer on the latest developments in Europe’s migrant crisis,

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Business 

Newag to make metro trains for Bulgarian capital

September 11, 2015September 11, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Sofia

Rolling stock producer Newag in a consortium with Siemens Siemens A.G. and Siemens EOOD won a 142 million euro contract for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov discusses migration crisis with Serbian counterpart Vučić

September 10, 2015September 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov spoke on the phone on September 10 with Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić, discussing the migration

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