Bulgaria, Shell sign Black Sea off-shore oil and gas exploration contract
Royal Dutch Shell signed a contract on February 23 to explore for oil and gas in Bulgaria’s Black Sea economic
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Day: February 23, 2016
Bulgaria to make CCB investigation report available to MPs, not public
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on February 23 that it would make the report by AlixPartners Services UK LLP, the company
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Talks with Anastasiades open new horizon for co-operation, Plevneliev tells Cyprus business forum
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev told a Bulgarian-Cyprus business forum on February 23 that talks with visiting Cypriot president Nikos Anastasiades
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Mediterranean migrant, refugee arrivals in Europe so far in 2016 top 100 000
Migrant and refugee arrivals in Greece and Italy in 2016 this week exceeded 100 000, the International Organization for Migration
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Afghan migrants, stalled at Macedonian border, sent back to Athens
Greek police have begun removing hundreds of migrants from a camp at the country’s border with Macedonia. The migrants, most
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister denies Turkey is expelling consul from Istanbul
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has rejected media reports that the country’s consul-general in Istanbul, Angel Angelov, has been declared
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Plovdiv to begin restoring Odeon archaeological site
After nearly one year, Bulgaria’s National Institute for Cultural Heritage has issued a permit to Plovdiv municipality to begin repairing
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Plovdiv starts campaign to neuter thousands of stray cats and dogs
Plovdiv municipality has begun a campaign to neuter stray cats and dogs after the latest estimates showed a huge rise
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Europol launches European Migrant Smuggling Centre
EU police agency Europol launched on February 22 2016 the new European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), described as having the goal
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