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Month: February 2016

Europe 

Poland to investigate whether Walesa spy files were forged

February 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

“The prosecutors will launch a probe into whether the documents allegedly proving cooperation of Solidarity legend Lech Walesa with communist-era

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Europe 

Latvian FM: Substantial Nato presence needed in Baltics

February 26, 2016 VOANews Nato, Russia

Latvia’s foreign minister says NATO needs to increase its presence in the Baltic region, given Russia’s annexation of Crimea in

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Europe 

Agreement reached on sale of Schengen Castle

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 The Prague Post

People in most of Europe can travel from one country to another without having to show a passport or stop

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-trust regulator opens cartel investigation against petrol retailers, refinery

February 25, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on February 25 that it opened a formal investigation against seven petrol

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Europe 

Europe migrant crisis: EU ministers propose strengthened checks at external borders

February 25, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

European Union justice and home affairs ministers agreed on February 25 2016 to propose obliging EU countries to carry out

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM sees ‘great potential’ in energy co-operation with Israel

February 25, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu have held talks on issues including potential co-operation in

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Bulgaria 

Head of Bulgarian broadcast media regulator resigns over TV station licensing decision

February 25, 2016February 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The head of the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), the Bulgarian statutory body charged with the regulation of broadcast media,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court holds first hearing in new ‘radical Islam’ lawsuit

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The district court in Pazardjik held the first hearing of a case in which 14 people are accused of promoting

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Europe 

EU ministers meet to work on migrant issues

February 25, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

European Union ministers are meeting in Brussels Thursday to puzzle out the latest strategy for dealing with a massive influx

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