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Month: January 2016

Europe 

IOM: 2016 will be another critical year for migration into Europe

January 15, 2016January 29, 2016 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) predicts 2016 will be another critical year for migration to Europe.

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EU migration commissioner: ‘If Schengen collapses, it’ll be start of end of European project’

January 15, 2016January 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has told members of the European Parliament that the refugee crisis was “getting worse”. Addressing

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Europe 

Poland’s ruling PiS seeks to merge General Prosecutor and Justice Minister functions

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s parliament gave the initial go-ahead for the bill, authored by the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS), which provides

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Europe 

EU holds key to Macedonia political crisis

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 Deutsche Welle Macedonia

For the fifth time in the last seven months, European Union Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn is traveling to Skopje on

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Ukraine’s Poroshenko: Restoration of sovereignty top priority for 2016

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, said on Thursday he expected territory in the east held by Russian-backed rebels to return to

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Business 

NetIX appoints CEO, CFO, aims for global expansion

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

NetIX Communications, a start-up telecommunications company that accelerates the internet, has announced the appointment of Ken Lefkowitz as CEO and

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Leisure 

Film review: The Revenant

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Few things are more dangerous than a man who has nothing left to lose. Interesting, then, that the first act

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Bulgaria 

Minority party threatens to back out of Bulgarian coalition government unless Bokova named UNSG candidate

January 14, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Irina Bokova

Georgi Purvanov, leader of minority socialist breakaway party ABC, has threatened to withdraw from his party’s deal to support Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM drops in on top judiciary body meeting after receiving SMS

January 14, 2016January 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov interrupted the weekly meeting of the Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) on January 14, ostensibly to

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