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Month: January 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM Mitov backs tougher measures against economic migrants arriving in the EU

January 19, 2016January 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov supports tougher measures against economic migrants arriving in the EU, he told reporters after an

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Europe 

Dimitriev elected head of Macedonia’s interim government, parliament dissolved

January 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

In an urgent session on the night of January 18, without the presence of the opposition, Macedonia’s parliament elected the new

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Europe 

Elections enigma in Serbia

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Why has Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic decided that the country should go to early elections? Because Serbian televisions have

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Bulgaria 

Situation in Bulgaria after heavy snowfall normalising, still serious in northern part of country

January 19, 2016January 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The situation in Bulgaria after the heavy snowfalls and rain of the past weekend was gradually normalising on January 19,

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Europe World 

EU agreements with Israel don’t apply to ‘occupied territories’ – foreign ministers

January 19, 2016January 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union foreign ministers adopted a position on January 18 that all agreements between the State of Israel and the

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Europe 

Aid agencies face uphill battle in Europe migrant crisis

January 19, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

Persecution, conflict and poverty forced an unprecedented 1 million people to flee from Africa and the Middle East to Europe

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Europe 

Polish President, European Council President appeal for restraint in ongoing EU’s debate on Poland

January 19, 2016January 19, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and the President of the European Council Donald Tusk received praise from politicians of governing party

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria continues to grapple with power cuts, travel problems after heavy snowfalls

January 18, 2016January 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The municipality of Dulovo in the Silistra region of north-eastern Bulgaria declared a state of emergency on January 18 because

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2015 was 1.47B euro

January 18, 2016January 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2015 stood at 1.47 billion euro, the equivalent of

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