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Day: March 17, 2016

Europe 

Refugees stuck in Greece scrambling for safe havens

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

War refugees from Syria and Iraq trapped in northern Greece for weeks never held out much hope that meetings between

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Bulgaria 

Leaders in Sofia and Skopje agree on joint measures against migrant-trafficking at border

March 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister and Republic of Macedonia president Gjorge Ivanov have agreed on joint measures to suppress trafficking of migrants

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria asset forfeiture commission files 2.2B leva lawsuit against former CCB owner

March 17, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s asset forfeiture commission said on March 17 that it filed a lawsuit against Tsvetan Vassilev, the former majority shareholder

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry top official fired for getting car stuck in the mud on tram tracks

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

If you want to succeed as chief secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you should not be a

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January was 44.9M euro

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 44.9 million euro, the equivalent of

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Perspectives 

View from Sofia: Geography lessons

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 Louisa Slavkova of the European Council on Foreign Relations European migrant crisis

When Europe was dealing with the financial crisis, a dividing line presented itself in the EU between the rich rule-based

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Europe 

Doubts grow as EU leaders meet on migrant deal with Turkey

March 17, 2016 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

European Union leaders begin talks Thursday to work out a migrant deal with Turkey that is littered with political, legal

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Europe 

Just 900 of the 160 000 refugees in Greece and Italy were resettled in other EU countries

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The European Commission is calling on EU countries for “urgent decisive action” to accelerate the pace of the resettlement process. The

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state lottery jackpot hits 5.8M leva

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated 5.8 million leva, or about three million euro, will be up for grabs in one of the jackpots

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