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Day: February 15, 2016

Bulgaria 

Top tips for renting an apartment in Sofia

February 15, 2016January 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Searching for a new home can be stressful at the best of times, searching for a new home in a

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Europe 

Borissov: Strengthening control on Bulgarian-Greek, Macedonian-Greek borders will not lead to solution for Europe

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Strengthening the control on the Bulgarian-Greek and Greek-Republic of Macedonia borders will not lead to a solution for Europe but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria cancels tenders for Hemus Motorway

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

Bulgaria cancelled on February 15 two tenders to build a 59km stretch of Hemus Motorway, in which the winners were

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Varna closes schools from February 16 to 19 amid flu outbreak

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Health authorities in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna have closed schools from February 16 to 19 2016 inclusive because

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria files terrorism charges against three Syrians who tried to cross into Turkey, heading to join ‘Islamic State’

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Turkey

Bulgarian Border Police arrested three Syrians trying to cross illegally into Turkey, allegedly intending to join Daesh, the terrorist self-proclaimed

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Europe 

Europe migrant crisis: EC gives additional millions of euro to Greece and Macedonia

February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

The European Commission has awarded 12.7 million euro in emergency funding to Greece to support the establishment of reception facilities

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Europe 

European Court: Asylum-seeker can be detained on grounds of national security

February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

European Union law allows an asylum seeker to be detained when the protection of national security or public order so

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian citizenship granted to 10 720 people in 2015

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 10 720 people were granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2015, close to double the number in 2014, according

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Bulgaria 

Refugees ‘spend no more than a few hours in Bulgaria’ before heading to Western Europe

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Refugees entering Bulgaria through the Turkish border spend no more than a few hours in the country, or at most

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