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Day: February 16, 2016

Europe 

Yatsenyuk survives no-confidence vote in parliament, remains as Ukraine’s prime minister

February 16, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament failed to get enough votes to remove Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and his Cabinet of Ministers on

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Europe 

EC takes aim at Russia with ‘energy security’ package

February 16, 2016February 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy, European Commission, Russia

The European Commission published a package of proposals on February 16 meant to increase the bloc’s energy security        in case

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian lorry drivers mount counter-blockade, vow to block all Bulgarian-Greek crossings

February 16, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgarian lorry drivers formed a human chain to block the Kulata – Promachonas crossing at the Greek-Bulgarian border on February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former BSP MP Kadiev forms new party

February 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

MP Georgi Kadiev, expelled from the Bulgarian Socialist Party in September 2015 for standing in the Sofia mayoral election against

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Bulgaria 

Two Greek-Bulgarian border checkpoints closed to lorries on February 16 because of Greek farmers’ protests

February 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The Kulata-Promachonas and Ilinden-Exochi border checkpoints between Bulgaria and Greece were closed to lorry traffic on the morning of February

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Europe 

EU launches European Medical Corps

February 16, 2016 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

The European Union announced Monday the launch of a new medical body aimed at responding to health crises more quickly

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Europe 

Visegrád Group calls for fast action to secure EU border

February 16, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post Boiko Borissov, Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

How to handle the refugee crisis and in particular the Western Balkan route used by refugees entering Europe through Greece

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