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Day: February 10, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria renewable energy production down in 2014, still above 2020 target – Eurostat

February 10, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Nine European Union member states, Bulgaria among them, had exceeded their renewable energy targets for 2020 in 2014, the bloc’s

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Europe 

Macedonian president Ivanov: Border fence has prevented large numbers of illegal refugees

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov said on February 10 that state authorities had prevented the entry of thousands of illegal refugees crossing

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Europe 

We will not turn into a refugee camp, says Macedonia’s foreign minister Popovski

February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The foreign minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Popovski, said that the country will not turn into a refugee camp

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Europe 

Macedonia’s refugee dilemma

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

As Greece continues to struggle with the influx of refugees, some EU countries hope that its northern neighbor Macedonia can

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Europe 

Romania upholds 20-year term for communist-era criminal

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 VOANews Romania

Romanian appeals court has upheld a 20-year jail term for a man who ran a notorious communist-era prison and was

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Europe 

Nato to increase ‘forward presence’ in Eastern Europe

February 10, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Nato defence ministers have agreed at a February 10 2016 meeting on an “enhanced forward presence in the eastern part

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Bulgaria 

Polarised political reaction in Bulgaria to nomination of Bokova as candidate UN chief

February 10, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Reactions among Bulgaria’s political parties in Parliament to the nomination of Irina Bokova as the country’s candidate to be the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors end money-laundering probe against former deputy Parliament Speaker 

February 10, 2016February 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court has ended on February 10 pre-trial proceedings against former MP Hristo Biserov, after prosecutors dropped their investigation into

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government coalition partners discuss go-ahead for second ski lift in Bansko resort

February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Political parties that are partners in Bulgaria’s coalition government have agreed on “working toward” allowing the building of a second

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