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Day: March 15, 2016

Europe 

Croatian PM ‘unfair’ with Prince Charles, Serbian PM Vucic says

March 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic was “angered” by his Croatian counterpart’s decision to show 1990s war memorabilia to the Prince

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Europe 

EU migration chief pleads for open borders

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

The European Union migration commissioner is pleading with Balkan countries to open their borders to more than 13,000 refugees trapped

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sells 1.99 billion euro dual-tranche bond issue

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has successfully sold a dual-tranche bond issue worth 1.994 billion euro on March 14, taking advantage of last week’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has the youngest first-time mothers in the EU – Eurostat

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria has the youngest first-time mothers in the European Union, with Bulgarian women giving birth to children for the first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic cops accept people’s videos and photos as evidence of road law violations

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police accept videos and photos sent by private citizens as evidence of gross breaches of road use laws

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police protest as Parliament discusses reforms to Interior Ministry Act

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police unions were continuing protests on March 15 2016 as Parliament’s committee on internal security and public order was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians cut back bookings for Easter holidays in Turkey, Greece – reports

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, tourism, Turkey

There is a 40 per cent decrease in the number of Bulgarians intending to visit Turkey at Easter, following a

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Europe 

Russia says Polish comments on Smolensk air crash groundless

March 15, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov Monday described as “groundless” and “unobjective” comments by Poland’s defence minister Antoni Macierewicz suggesting

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Europe 

Greek hoteliers offer respite to weary migrants

March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Locals in northern Greece are divided about the flood of war refugees. Some say asylum-seekers cause chaos and steal. Others

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