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Day: February 26, 2016

Leisure 

Film review: Brooklyn

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 Raymond Johnston of The Prague Post

By the 1950s, the waves of Irish immigrants to the US had slowed a bit from what it had been

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Bulgaria 

Death at the Palestinian embassy: Zayed ‘was alive when found’

February 26, 2016February 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Omar Zayed, who had been the subject of an extradition application to Bulgaria by Israel regarding his escape from jail

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Russia’s comments on parliamentary probe into domestic political interference are ‘impertinent’

February 26, 2016February 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has described as impertinent comments by Russia describing as “neo-McCarthyism” the Bulgarian National Assembly’s setting up of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM tells Parliament of his frustration with Greek border blockade

February 26, 2016February 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told the National Assembly of his frustration with the Greek border blockade, describing it

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Europe 

Migrants, refugees crossing Med to Europe at vastly higher rate than in 2015 – IOM

February 26, 2016February 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Migrant and refugee arrivals in Greece and Italy have exceeded 120 000 in 2016, having reached the 100 000 milestone

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Bulgaria 

Palestinian sought by Israel for extradition from Bulgaria found dead in Palestine embassy grounds in Sofia

February 26, 2016February 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors and police are investigating after the dead body of a man was found in the grounds of the

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Europe 

Europe migrant crisis: Nato deploys vessels in Aegean to assist against people-trafficking networks

February 26, 2016February 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Nato, Turkey

Nato vessels have been deployed in the Aegean Sea following a decision by the alliance’s defence ministers to assist in

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Bulgaria 

Open and shut case: Bulgarian – Greek border blockade saga continues

February 26, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Greece

All border checkpoints between Bulgaria and Greece were open on the morning of February 26 2016, according to a Bulgarian

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Europe 

Poland to investigate whether Walesa spy files were forged

February 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

“The prosecutors will launch a probe into whether the documents allegedly proving cooperation of Solidarity legend Lech Walesa with communist-era

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