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Day: October 15, 2015

Europe 

Some experts: Accept immigrant influx, don’t resist it

October 15, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

The Balkan countries are a transit route for thousands of refugees, mostly Syrians, who are fleeing violence and trying to

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Europe 

EU leaders meet in Brussels to tackle refugee crisis, ‘Brexit’

October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 Deutsche Welle Syrian refugees, Turkey

EU leaders met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss plans to help deal with the ongoing influx of refugees from

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Europe 

EU leaders brace for new wave of refugees

October 15, 2015October 16, 2015 VOANews Syrian refugees

Heads of state and government from European Union countries gathered in Brussels Thursday for a summit dominated by the war

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Europe 

Slovakia selects refugees while sending police to assist in Hungary

October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Hungary, Slovakia, Syrian refugees

Slovakia is acting in line with the requests of the European Union, while still preparing a lawsuit concerning the mandatory quotas for

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Leisure 

What’s on: Sofia Independent Film Festival 2015

October 15, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Independent Film Festival returns for its sixth edition on October 22 and will feature a by now familiar mixture

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Europe 

Agreement signed for Baltic–Poland gas pipeline

October 15, 2015 The Prague Post energy, European Commission

The Governments of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the European Commission, have reached an agreement that will allow the construction

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President vetoes law on military intelligence

October 15, 2015October 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has vetoed the law on military intelligence, specifically the provisions that require the head of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors to investigate oil firms’ excise database complaint

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

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on October 15 that it would investigate a complaint lodged by an oil and gas industry

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Bulgaria 

Former Bulgarian deputy PM appointed deputy chief of ‘Juncker Plan’ fund

October 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Iliana Tsanova, who served as deputy prime minister in charge of EU funds in two Bulgarian caretaker governments in 2013

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