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Day: February 11, 2016

Bulgaria 

Turkey bans Bulgarian politicians from entering country – reports

February 11, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Turkey

Turkey has banned Ahmed Dogan, founder and honorary president of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – the party

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Bulgaria 

Publication of CCB depositors list prompts probes by Bulgaria revenue agency, top judiciary body

February 11, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency and the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) have both announced that they would investigate the list of

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Bulgaria 

Only 12% of Bulgarians see media as independent, trust in media falling – poll

February 11, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Only 12 per cent of Bulgarians believe that the media are independent, while trust in the media has further decreased,

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Bulgaria 

Migration Commissioner Avramopoulos to brief EC on Greek-Bulgarian border blockades

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, said during a February 11 visit to Bulgaria that he would

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Bulgaria 

Another day of problems at Greek-Bulgarian borders because of blockade by protesting Greek farmers

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The largest checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border, Kulata-Promachonas, was again closed to goods lorries for some hours on February 11,

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