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Day: October 14, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘strongly recommends’ its citizens not travel to Jerusalem

October 14, 2015October 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on October 14 that it was advising the country’s citizens to refrain from trips to Jerusalem,

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant crisis: European Parliament approves extra 401M euro funding to manage response

October 14, 2015October 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

A further 401.3 million euro in European Union funding to manage the refugee crisis was endorsed by the European Parliament

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Europe 

Erdogan seizes on Ankara bombing errors

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Three senior Turkish security officials have been suspended following the nation’s deadliest terrorist attack Saturday in the capital, Ankara. Their

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Europe 

Ukraine’s October local elections highlight battle under way to fill eastern Ukraine power vacuum

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

The competition is on for the October 25 local elections in the remaining eastern Ukraine power hubs of Dnipropetrovsk and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 0.1% inflation in September

October 14, 2015October 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.1 per cent annual inflation in September, despite 0.1 per cent monthly deflation in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM thanks Turkey for handling of refugees, expresses solidarity after Istanbul attack

October 14, 2015October 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has thanked Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the help that Turkey has given Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests two lorry drivers transporting 64 migrants illegally

October 14, 2015October 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Two Bulgarian lorry drivers were arrested after being found transporting 64 foreign nationals illegally near the town of Vratsa in

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Sport 

Bulgaria ends disappointing Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with win

October 14, 2015October 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria closed its European football championships qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory over Azerbaijan in Sofia on October 13, but

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Europe 

Moscow MH17 presentation seen as sloppy pre-emptive measure against Dutch report

October 14, 2015 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s

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