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Day: December 1, 2015

Europe 

Donald Tusk’s first year as European Council president

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle

Do you remember Herman Van Rompuy? You don’t even remember the name? The Belgian was the first president of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court acquits former deputy Parliament Speaker after two-day trial

December 1, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court ruled on December 1 to acquit former MP Hristo Biserov on charges of large-scale tax evasion, breaking

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport terminal closed as police check van

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Terminal 1 of Sofia Airport was closed to passengers on December 1 as explosives specialists checked a foreign-registered van that

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Bulgaria 

Former CCB owner’s assets worth 603.7M leva impounded in Bulgaria, Switzerland

December 1, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Courts in Bulgaria and Switzerland have impounded assets worth 603.7 million leva held by Tsvetan Vassilev, the former majority shareholder

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Bulgaria 

World AIDS Day: Bulgaria reports 204 new HIV infections in 2015

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 204 Bulgarians had been found to have HIV after a total of 258 000 people were tested

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Europe 

EU steps up financial aid in response to Syria crisis

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

The European Commission announced on December 1 2015 new aid packages in response to the Syrian crisis to help the

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Europe 

20% of migrant arrivals by sea in Europe in 2015 are children

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Children make up at least one in five of the 870 000 refugees and migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean

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Bulgaria 

Annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas 2015 launched, to aid seriously ill children

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The traditional annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas (Българската Коледа), to raise funds to provide treatment and equipment to care for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Fighting climate change is moral obligation and has a sound economic case

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Fighting climate change is not only a moral obligation but also presents a sound economic case across the world, Bulgarian

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