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Day: March 2, 2016

Europe 

Thousands stranded in Greece after Macedonia opens border for 250 migrants

March 2, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonian authorities on Wednesday allowed some 250 asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq to cross its border with Greece at

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Europe 

Europe migrant crisis: EC proposes 700M euro emergency assistance for hardest-hit EU countries

March 2, 2016March 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

The European Commission (EC) said on March 2 that it was proposing a new “emergency assistance instrument” to provide a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary committee on Russian, Turkish interference in politics set for stillbirth

March 2, 2016March 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Russia, Turkey

The first meeting of Bulgaria’s parliamentary special committee to examine allegations of interference by Turkey and Russia in the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM orders interior, defence ministers to organise joint exercise at borders facing migration pressure

March 2, 2016March 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has instructed the ministers of interior and of defence to organise joint exercises in border

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Bulgaria 

Heavy traffic, changeable weather expected as Bulgaria heads into March 3 four-day weekend

March 2, 2016March 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Traffic police will be out in force in Bulgaria as the country celebrates a four-day weekend beginning on March 3

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Europe 

Turks see Russia as greatest threat, poll finds

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 Dorian Jones of VOANews Russia, Turkey

With Russian-Turkish tensions mounting, a recent poll finds that the Turkish people see Russia as their greatest threat. The annual

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Europe 

New businesses open in wake of European migrant crisis

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

From human smugglers to bus services to the sellers of life jackets, new businesses have popped up everywhere along the

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