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Day: February 17, 2016

Bulgaria 

Brakes on Bulgarian MP’s car tampered with

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are investigating after Reformist Bloc MP Martin Dimitrov said that the brakes in his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government faces no-confidence vote over health care

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly debated on February 17 2016 a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right coalition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian lorry drivers continue border counter-blockade against protesting Greek farmers

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

Bulgarian freight carriers blocked traffic at the Kapitan Petkov Voivoda checkpoint at the Bulgarian-Greek border on February 17 in a

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Europe 

Closed borders could result in large refugee camps on European soil

February 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

The Norwegian Refugee Council warns against the closing of European national borders, as this could result in large and unsustainable

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Europe 

Migrant crisis deepens Europe’s East-West divide

February 17, 2016 VOANews Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Slovakia, Turkey

The leaders of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia gathered around a cake this week in Prague, celebrating the

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Europe 

Sealing off Europe for migrants is inhumane, aid group says

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

A notable international humanitarian organization has urged European leaders to keep borders open for migrants, adding that measures to seal

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Europe 

Polish lorries banned from crossing Russian border

February 17, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

Russia intends to push Polish lorries out of its market by forbidding entry of Polish carriers transporting goods from other

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