Hashim Thaci is elected the new president of Kosovo
The parliament of Kosovo on February 26 2016 elected, with 71 votes in favour and 10 invalid votes, Hashim Thaci,
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Month: February 2016
Film review: Brooklyn
By the 1950s, the waves of Irish immigrants to the US had slowed a bit from what it had been
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Death at the Palestinian embassy: Zayed ‘was alive when found’
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: Russia’s comments on parliamentary probe into domestic political interference are ‘impertinent’
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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Bulgarian PM tells Parliament of his frustration with Greek border blockade
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told the National Assembly of his frustration with the Greek border blockade, describing it
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Migrants, refugees crossing Med to Europe at vastly higher rate than in 2015 – IOM
Migrant and refugee arrivals in Greece and Italy have exceeded 120 000 in 2016, having reached the 100 000 milestone
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Palestinian sought by Israel for extradition from Bulgaria found dead in Palestine embassy grounds in Sofia
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 migrant crisis: Nato deploys vessels in Aegean to assist against people-trafficking networks
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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Open and shut case: Bulgarian – Greek border blockade saga continues
All border checkpoints between Bulgaria and Greece were open on the morning of February 26 2016, according to a Bulgarian
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