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Day: December 11, 2015

Europe 

Key waterways become focus of Turkish, Russian tensions

December 11, 2015December 11, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

The escalating tensions between Moscow and Ankara over last month’s downing of a Russian fighter by Turkish jets is threatening

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Tech Park opens, ‘to put Bulgaria on the map of the future’

December 11, 2015December 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia Tech Park, a multi-million euro science and technology park, was officially opened on December 11, with President Rossen Plevneliev

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Europe 

Number of migrant and refugee arrivals in Europe in 2015 approaches million mark

December 11, 2015December 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

A total of 985 312 migrants, including refugees, have arrived in Europe since January 2015, according to the International Organization

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians most use the internet for online calls – survey

December 11, 2015December 13, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarians most make use of the internet for online calls such as webcam chats, according to a survey by the

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Europe 

Polish-British talks without compromise over curbing EU migrant benefits

December 11, 2015December 11, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland supports Great Britain’s drive for EU reform but doesn’t agree to proposals of limiting social welfare rights of EU

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