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Day: November 17, 2015

Europe 

Bomb threat leads to cancellation of German football game

November 17, 2015 VOANews

An exhibition football match between the Netherlands and host Germany was canceled on short notice Tuesday because of a highly

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Europe 

UNHCR, human rights groups: Don’t victimise refugees over Paris terrorist attacks

November 17, 2015November 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has expressed shock and horror at the November 13 attacks in Paris and

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Europe 

Hungary ready to sue EU over migrant plan

November 17, 2015 Deutsche Welle Hungary

Hungary’s Justice Minister announced on Tuesday that the country’s parliament had cleared the way for the government to bring the

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copper and silver coins in a pile
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian think-tank says balanced Budget possible in 2016

November 17, 2015November 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia-based think-tank Institute for Market Economics (IME) is a long-time proponent of reduced government spending and, as in previous years,

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Europe 

Paris terrorist attacks: France invokes EU treaty clause on assistance from other states

November 17, 2015November 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

In the wake of the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, France has invoked a European Union treaty clause that

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Europe 

Romania’s technocrat cabinet wins confidence vote in parliament

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A week after Romania’s former European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos was nominated to form a technocrat cabinet, the two chambers of

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Europe 

Two reported dead after earthquake near Greece’s Lefkáda island

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Two people are reported to have died as a result of a powerful earthquake about 23km from Greece’s Ionian island

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Ataka leader Siderov arrested on hooliganism and assault charges

November 17, 2015November 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of Bulgaria’s opposition minority party Ataka, was taken into 72-hour custody on November 17 on charges of

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Europe 

Earthquake of 6.1 Richter scale shakes Greece’s Ionian islands

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

An earthquake of 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 9.10am on November 17 about 27km west of the Ionian

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