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Month: February 2016

Europe 

Bosnia submits EU application

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia has formally submitted an application to become part of the European Union. President Dragan Covic submitted the paperwork to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria monthly, annual CPI flat in January

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) was unchanged both in monthly and annual terms in January 2016, data from the National

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Europe 

US senators urge new Polish government to ‘recommit’ to democracy

February 15, 2016 VOANews Poland

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, identifying themselves as friends of Poland, have written to Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo

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Europe 

Greek farmers return to roadblocks as government looks for way out of crisis

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Following a weekend of protesting in the center of Athens, Greek farmers participating in the roadblock at Tempi Valley in

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Europe 

Russia blocks Ukraine transit at its borders, after Ukraine blockade

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia has blocked Ukraine-registered trucks from entering its territory, in a tit-for-tat response to expanding efforts by Ukraine activists to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ranks 32nd in the world on access to justice for children

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has been ranked as 32nd in the world on how effectively children can use the courts to defend their rights, according

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Bulgaria 

Agriculture Minister boasts of Bulgaria’s wine export performance

February 14, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 50 million litres of wine of the 130 million produced in Bulgaria in 2015 will go to exports,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls for starting construction of European Energy Union from the Balkans

February 14, 2016February 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Rossen Plevneliev

The construction of the European Energy Union is crucial to deepening the European integration process and increasing the energy security

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Europe 

EU demands Greece remedy deficiencies of border control

February 14, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The European Union has given Greece a three-month ultimatum to fix “deficiencies” in controlling its borders or face suspension from

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