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Day: February 24, 2016

Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister says Bulgaria will not allow Greek farmers to ruin bilateral relations

February 24, 2016February 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria has built up its relations with Greece over 25 years and will not allow 100 to 200 Greek farmers

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests nine Veliko Turnovo tax officials for bribery

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Veliko Turnovo

In an operation led by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, nine National Revenue Agency officials in the Bulgarian city of

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Bulgaria 

Yordan Sokolov, former Speaker of Bulgarian Parliament and interior minister, dies at 83

February 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Yordan Sokolov, Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly from 1997 and 2001 and who had been interior minister in the Philip

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Bulgaria 

Extradition hearing of Bulgarian banker Vassilev in Serbia postponed

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

A Belgrade court postponed to March 16 the hearing of an extradition request, lodged by Bulgaria against Tsvetan Vassilev, former

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Europe 

Slovak personalities protest against a wire curtain

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Austria, Europe migrant crisis, Slovakia

“The abolition of the iron curtain, the accession to the European Union and the Schengen Area meant a real return

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria plans register of young people eligible for military service

February 24, 2016February 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria, which abolished conscription as of January 2008, is planning legislative amendments that will enable the compilation of a register

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Bulgaria 

Amnesty International slams Bulgaria over push-backs of refugees, treatment of Roma, hate crimes

February 24, 2016February 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Amnesty International’s 2015/16 annual report has sharply criticised Bulgaria over allegations of push-backs of refugees and migrants by Border Police,

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Bulgaria 

Blockades again close Bulgaria – Greece border checkpoints

February 24, 2016February 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The Ilinden – Exochi border checkpoint between Bulgaria and Greece was closed to vehicle traffic in both directions on the

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Europe 

Macedonia’s early elections postponed to June 5

February 24, 2016February 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia’s early parliamentary elections will be held on June 5. This decision was approved after midnight by

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