Mediterranean migrant, refugee arrivals in Europe so far in 2016 top 100 000
Migrant and refugee arrivals in Greece and Italy in 2016 this week exceeded 100 000, the International Organization for Migration
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Month: February 2016
Afghan migrants, stalled at Macedonian border, sent back to Athens
Greek police have begun removing hundreds of migrants from a camp at the country’s border with Macedonia. The migrants, most
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Bulgarian Foreign Minister denies Turkey is expelling consul from Istanbul
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has rejected media reports that the country’s consul-general in Istanbul, Angel Angelov, has been declared
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Plovdiv to begin restoring Odeon archaeological site
After nearly one year, Bulgaria’s National Institute for Cultural Heritage has issued a permit to Plovdiv municipality to begin repairing
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Plovdiv starts campaign to neuter thousands of stray cats and dogs
Plovdiv municipality has begun a campaign to neuter stray cats and dogs after the latest estimates showed a huge rise
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Europol launches European Migrant Smuggling Centre
EU police agency Europol launched on February 22 2016 the new European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), described as having the goal
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Europe’s new counterterror centre unlikely to make quick impact
Europe’s latest effort to counter the growing threat from foreign fighters is being hailed as a hopeful first step but
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Documents on Walesa’s alleged communist collaboration released
Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), a body responsible for prosecuting communist-era crimes, published on February 22 2016 the first set
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Jamala’s ‘1944’ to represent Ukraine at Eurovision
Late on February 21, Ukraine chose jazz singer Jamala to be the country’s representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
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