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Day: February 19, 2016

Europe 

Mediterranean migrant and refugee arrivals top 90 000 in 2016 so far – IOM

February 19, 2016February 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

International Organization for Migration (IOM) monitors in the eastern Mediterranean said this week that cold weather contributed to a sharp

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sets up committee to probe Russian, Turkish interference in domestic politics

February 19, 2016February 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted by a large majority on February 19 2016 to accept a proposal to set up a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament calls for EU penalty proceedings against Greece over border blockade

February 19, 2016February 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece

Bulgaria’s National Assembly unanimously adopted a declaration on February 19 2016 condemning the Greek blockade of the two countries’ border

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Bulgaria 

Historic building burns down in Plovdiv’s former Jewish quarter

February 19, 2016February 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

A building that formerly housed a public baths in what used to be Plovdiv’s Jewish quarter, Orta Mezar, was destroyed

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Bulgaria 

Poli Genova to be Bulgaria’s contestant at Eurovision 2016

February 19, 2016February 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Poli Genova will be Bulgaria’s contestant at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, representing her country for a second time after

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Leisure 

Eurovision Song Contest changes voting rules

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 Deutsche Welle

From this year, Eurovision votes cast by professional juries in each country and viewers will be announced separately. Organisers hope

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects motion of no confidence over government’s health care policy

February 19, 2016February 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The first vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s current government, over health care policy, passed away peacefully

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Bulgaria 

Border blockade: All checkpoints between Bulgaria and Greece closed to vehicles

February 19, 2016February 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The double border blockade crisis at the Bulgarian-Greek frontier deepened on February 19 as all checkpoints between the two countries

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Europe 

Walesa denies allegations of communist agent past

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance found out that some of the documents collected at the house of a former communist

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