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Month: January 2016

Europe 

EU considers renewed border checks

January 27, 2016January 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, said Tuesday that it was not ruling out allowing member

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Europe 

Greece to hold general strike on February 4 over social security bill

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

All unions in Greece have decided on a general strike in the private and public sector  on February 4 –

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Perspectives 

Opinion: EU levels empty Schengen threat at Greece

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

The EU’s current plan is to protect external borders and, if necessary, expel Greece – not from the eurozone, but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling partners GERB, Reformist Bloc call for resignation of Supreme Judicial Council

January 26, 2016January 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

On the eve of the official release on January 27 2016 of the European Commission’s report on Bulgaria’s performance under

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court acquits former interior minister Tsvetanov in wiretap case

January 26, 2016January 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) issued a final ruling in the trial of former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister asks security agency to investigate leak of cable about Bokova

January 26, 2016February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has asked the State Agency for National Security to investigate the leaking to the media

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Europe 

Organisations appeal for $550M to support humanitarian response to refugees arriving in Europe

January 26, 2016January 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

As continuing conflict in the Middle East and elsewhere drives people to seek refuge in Europe, the International Organization for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had among largest decreases in overnights at tourist establishments in EU in 2015 – Eurostat

January 26, 2016January 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, tourism

Bulgaria was among three EU countries with the largest decreases in tourism in 2015, measured by the number of nights

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Europe 

European Coalition for Israel launches ‘Wear-A-Kippah’ campaign ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2016

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Coalition for Israel has launched an international “Wear-A-Kippah” campaign in order to raise awareness about the current threat

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