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Month: February 2016

Europe 

Protestors in Poland rally for Solidarity legend Walesa

February 29, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Some 25 000 people rallied in Gdansk on Sunday to voice their support for the former president and the hero

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Europe 

Refugees protest against new Macedonian border controls

February 28, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

About 300 migrants have staged a sit-in on railway tracks connecting Greece and Macedonia, forcing a train to turn back.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police continue high-profile operation checking night clubs, luxury cars and private security guards

February 28, 2016March 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian law enforcement has been continuing a countrywide special operation focusing on night clubs, drivers of luxury 4x4s, and private

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM joins controversy over parliamentary committee on interference by Russia and Turkey in politics

February 28, 2016March 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Russia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has joined the controversy over Parliament’s decision to set up an ad hoc committee to

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 4 on Richter Scale in Macedonia felt in Bulgarian towns

February 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

An earthquake of four on the Richter Scale, 10km north of Novo Selo in the Republic of Macedonia on February

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Bulgaria 

Police in Bulgaria stage operation against flashy road hogs, raid night clubs

February 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said on February 27 2016 that a large-scale police operation had been carried out in capital city

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Bulgaria 

Greek-Bulgarian border blockade: Bulgarian PM threatens ‘serious steps’

February 27, 2016February 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov visited the Bulgarian – Greek border on February 27, crossing it to speak to Greek

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Bulgaria 

Palestinian delegation arrives in Sofia to join investigation into death of Zayed

February 27, 2016February 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A delegation from the Palestinian authority was due in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on February 27 to investigate the death

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Europe 

Med Group: Unilateral actions no cure for migrant crisis

February 27, 2016February 27, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Nato

The foreign ministers of European Union countries that border the Mediterranean Sea warned member states Friday against “unilateral actions” in

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