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Day: November 25, 2015

World 

Lavrov: Turkey downing jet ‘planned provocation’ but not going to war

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane “looks like a planned provocation,” but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political parties’ reactions to Turkey’s downing of Russian SU-24 follow predictable lines

November 25, 2015November 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey

Reaction by Bulgaria’s political parties represented in Parliament to the shooting down of a Russian SU-24 military bomber by the

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Business 

New 20 euro note goes into circulation on November 25

November 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

The new 20 euro note, the third in the Europa series, enters into circulation on November 25 2015, the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ambassador in Ankara: Turkey’s downing of Russian bomber could destabilise region, cause new refugee wave

November 25, 2015November 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia, Turkey

The Turkish Air Force downing of a Russian SU-24 military jet could lead to destabilisation in the region and a

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Europe 

Brussels emerges from lockdown

November 25, 2015 Deutsche Welle

A sense of normalcy returned to the Belgian capital on Wednesday as schools resumed lessons and public transportation services in

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Europe 

UN Secretary-General: New European border restrictions on refugees, migrants violate human rights

November 25, 2015November 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Syrian refugees

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned Balkan states that border restrictions based on a refugee’s or migrant’s nationality infringed

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Europe 

Eight arrests as four EU countries act jointly against crime group smuggling Albanians into EU

November 25, 2015November 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Czech Republic

Judicial and law enforcement authorities from Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany and the UK, supported by Europol and Eurojust, took

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Europe 

Slovak police search hotels for foreigners

November 25, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Following prime minister Robert Fico’s statement that the government would monitor every Muslim in Slovakia, the police started searching for

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