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Day: January 28, 2016

Europe 

Dutch EU presidency working on plan to accept 250K refugees

January 28, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The Netherlands, which holds the European Union presidency, is working on a plan for a core group of member states

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Leisure 

Film review: Ride Along 2

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Ride Along 2 was never going to be Oscar material, but that is not just because its lead characters are

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Bulgaria 

Controversial Bulgarian ‘national strike – we’re here’ protest proves to be a misnomer

January 28, 2016January 31, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Preceded by warnings by senior Bulgarian officials of an “attempted coup” and allegations that “football fans” for hire would seek

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament presented with rival proposals on dealing with the communist past

January 28, 2016January 31, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer CCB affair, Dossier Commission

MPs from Bulgaria’s centre-right Reformist Bloc coalition and largest party GERB have tabled in Parliament proposals to outlaw communist-era symbols,

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Leisure 

Terry Gilliam to receive Sofia International Film Festival award

January 28, 2016January 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Actor and director Terry Gilliam will receive the Sofia International Film Festival award for his contribution to cinematic arts at

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Business 

Increased optimism in construction, service industries boost view of Bulgaria’s business climate – poll

January 28, 2016January 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found slightly increased optimism about the country’s business climate, boosted

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Europe 

Netanyahu: Greece a true friend

January 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The strengthening of co-operation between Greece and Israel in energy, tourism, security, and other areas was agreed at a meeting in

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Europe 

Fears mount of resurgent anti-Semitism in Europe

January 28, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Poland

Seventy-one years ago, Soviet troops entered the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi extermination camp near Krakow, Poland, liberating the remaining 7,000 prisoners,

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Europe 

Poland marks Auschwitz liberation, 71 years on

January 28, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an address at Auschwitz, the former Nazi death camp in southern Poland, where Poland

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