IMF nominates Lagarde for further term as MD
The International Monetary Fund executive board has nominated incumbent managing director Christine Lagarde for a further term in that post.
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Month: February 2016
Experts: Russia aims to curb NATO, EU aspirations in Balkans
Observers say Russian propaganda, NGOs and cultural organizations have made significant inroads in the Balkans – in Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro
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NATO responds to migrant crisis; ships on way
NATO warships are heading to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece stop human traffickers, marking the entry of
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As refugees perish, Greek graveyards fill
There’s little room left in the graveyards on this windswept island. Aid workers on Lesbos struggle to bury the growing
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Turkey bans Bulgarian politicians from entering country – reports
Turkey has banned Ahmed Dogan, founder and honorary president of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – the party
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Publication of CCB depositors list prompts probes by Bulgaria revenue agency, top judiciary body
Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency and the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) have both announced that they would investigate the list of
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Only 12% of Bulgarians see media as independent, trust in media falling – poll
Only 12 per cent of Bulgarians believe that the media are independent, while trust in the media has further decreased,
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Migration Commissioner Avramopoulos to brief EC on Greek-Bulgarian border blockades
Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, said during a February 11 visit to Bulgaria that he would
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Another day of problems at Greek-Bulgarian borders because of blockade by protesting Greek farmers
The largest checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Greek border, Kulata-Promachonas, was again closed to goods lorries for some hours on February 11,
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