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Day: March 23, 2016

Europe 

Turkey demands EU meet commitment to visa-free travel

March 23, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Just days after the announcement of a European Union-Turkey refugee deal, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the bloc, saying it

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Europe 

IS bombmaker for Paris attacks is confirmed killed in Brussels

March 23, 2016 VOANews

Intelligence officials said Wednesday that a 25-year-old Islamic State bombmaker who was involved in the Paris attacks in November was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary committee on Russian, Turkish interference in politics shuts down

March 23, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs voted to shut down the ad hoc parliamentary committee set up to examine allegations of interference by Turkey

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Bulgaria 

Sofia City Court sentences Ataka leader Siderov to 100 hours community service for hooliganism

March 23, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Sofia City Court sentenced Ataka party leader Volen Siderov on March 23 2016 to 100 hours community service after he

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Bulgaria 

Italian appeals court sentences Bulgarian drug trafficker in retrial

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An appeals court in Milan has ruled to uphold the 20-year sentence against Evelin “Brendo” Banev following a retrial, Bulgarian

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terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria
Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport cancels two Belgium flights

March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Airport said on March 23 that the two flights linking Sofia and Brussels scheduled for the day had been

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Bulgaria 

Interior Ministry chief: No specific threat to Bulgaria

March 23, 2016March 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria reacted to information about the March 22 terrorist attack in Brussels by immediately taking several actions, including stepping up

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Europe 

Athens concerned EU-Turkey refugee deal will not be honoured

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Less than a week after the EU-Turkey agreement on dealing with the refugee crisis, the Greek government appears concerned that the

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Europe 

Jewish community in Brussels cancels Purim events after terrorist attacks

March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The Jewish community of Brussels had prepared two major events for this week on the occasion of the Purim holiday

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