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Day: October 1, 2015

Leisure 

Film review: The Martian

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

We’ve all missed our transportation connections or somehow been left behind. It is inconvenient but usually it can be solved

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Bulgaria 

Drama as Bulgaria’s air force chief resigns – then withdraws resignation after talk with PM

October 1, 2015October 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato

Bulgaria saw a day of drama as Bulgaria’s air force chief submitted his resignation, apparently in frustration as the state

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Europe World 

Croatian president: Migrant crisis ‘a textbook example of the consequences of inaction’

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Serbia

Leaders from Croatia and Serbia have joined others – including Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev – who have told the UN

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Europe 

Greece opens Olympic venue to migrants

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 VOANews Greece

Greek authorities have opened a disused Olympic venue to house more than 400 migrants who have been camping out in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Budget surplus at 627M leva in January-September 2015

October 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first nine months of 2015 came in at 627

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM hosts meeting of SEECP foreign ministers in New York

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

The first informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) participants was held on September 30

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Europe 

Hungary government criticised for hyping fear of refugees, Muslims

October 1, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Hungary

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban raised eyebrows when he said refugees and migrants flooding through the country are a potential

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Europe 

Slovakia, Poland to set up NATO centre for counterintelligence

October 1, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Nato, Poland, Slovakia

Slovakia and Poland are planning to build a centre for the counterintelligence capabilities of NATO countries. Slovak Defence Minister Martin

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