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Day: October 8, 2015

Europe World 

NATO slams Russia’s ‘troubling escalation’ in Syria

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Nato, Russia, Slovakia

The head of NATO slammed Russia’s “troubling escalation” of military activities in Syria, a day after Moscow launched cruise missiles

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Sport World 

FIFA suspends Blatter, Platini

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 VOANews

The ethics committee of football’s (soccer) governing body FIFA has suspended embattled President Sepp Blatter and his potential successor for

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Europe 

Opposition throws teargas in Kosovo parliament

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

An opposition MP, Albin Kurti, threw teargas in the Kosovo parliament chamber on October 8 to try to prevent the voting

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Europe 

EC giving 17M euro to help Serbia, Macedonia cope with refugees

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Syrian refugees

The European Commission has detailed its support of 17 million euro to help Serbia and Macedonia cope with the unprecedented

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors ask court to remand in custody Dutch terrorism suspect

October 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors have asked the District Court in Haskovo, a town in the southern part of the country near the

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Bulgaria 

Norway to close its embassy in Sofia

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Norway is to close its embassy in Sofia in 2016, along with embassies in three other countries, the Norwegian foreign

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Europe 

European Commission: Hot-spots in Greece will be ready in two weeks

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Syrian refugees

The European Commission estimates that in two weeks at most the refugee registration centres (hot spots) in Greece will be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has four new Constitutional Court judges

October 8, 2015October 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s National Assembly elected former Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev to the Constitutional Court on October 8, bringing to four the new

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Bulgaria 

Former BSP MP Manolova takes oath as Bulgaria’s Ombudsman

October 8, 2015October 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Former Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Maya Manolova was sworn in as national Ombudsman in Parliament on October 8, 12 days

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