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Day: February 5, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament approves role for Nato in protecting country’s air space

February 5, 2016February 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the second and final reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that

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Leisure 

Bulgaria calls contest for new tourism logo

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry said on February 5 that it launched an open competition to choose a new tourism logo for

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence improves – poll

February 5, 2016February 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s consumer confidence indicator was 1.5 percentage points higher in January 2016 than in October 2015, the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

Farmer blockade at Greek-Bulgarian border eases – reports

February 5, 2016February 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

After a week of extensive traffic disruption at the border crossings between Bulgaria and Greece, the blockade imposed by Greek

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Europe 

Greek government caught in lose-lose situation

February 5, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The Greek government seems to have become trapped in an “impossible” situation as its negotiations with creditors appear to be

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Perspectives 

Opinion: Nothing can be taken for granted

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 Christoph Hasselbach of Deutsche Welle

“If you don’t like being with us, then leave.” It has long been fashionable among continental Europeans to react with

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Europe 

Poland to reopen investigation into Smolensk plane crash

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland may re-launch the inquiry into the 2010 Smolensk air crash in Russia, in which President Lech Kaczynski and 95

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