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Month: March 2016

Bulgaria 

New proposal for Plovdiv’s ‘Tobacco Town’ building

March 16, 2016March 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A new proposal for the future of the “Tobacco Town” warehouse in Plovdiv – at the centre of a major

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Europe 

Cyprus may torpedo EU-Turkey deal

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Cyprus, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Two days before the next refugee summit between the EU and Turkey, it is far from certain that a deal

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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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