Refugees stuck in Greece scrambling for safe havens
War refugees from Syria and Iraq trapped in northern Greece for weeks never held out much hope that meetings between
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Day: March 17, 2016
Leaders in Sofia and Skopje agree on joint measures against migrant-trafficking at border
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 asset forfeiture commission files 2.2B leva lawsuit against former CCB owner
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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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry top official fired for getting car stuck in the mud on tram tracks
If you want to succeed as chief secretary of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you should not be a
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FDI in Bulgaria in January was 44.9M euro
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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View from Sofia: Geography lessons
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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Doubts grow as EU leaders meet on migrant deal with 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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Just 900 of the 160 000 refugees in Greece and Italy were resettled in other EU countries
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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Bulgarian state lottery jackpot hits 5.8M leva
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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