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Month: February 2016

Bulgaria 

US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria Rubin outlines priorities in video greeting

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

US ambassador-designate in Sofia, Eric Rubin, outlined his priorities in office in a video posted by the US embassy in

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in 2015 was 1.58B euro

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2015 stood at 1.58 billion euro, the equivalent of 3.5 per cent of the

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Bulgaria 

Thousands say final farewell to Bulgarian football great Trifon Ivanov

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

Several thousand mourners attended the memorial service on February 17 2016 for Trifon Ivanov, the Bulgarian football great who was

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Europe 

Eight years of independence, celebrations and protests in Kosovo

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

Kosovo celebrates on February 17 2016 its eighth anniversary of Independence, amid celebrations by the majority and protests by the opposition.

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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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