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Month: March 2016

Europe 

Blast rocks Turkish capital, killing at least 27

March 13, 2016 VOANews Turkey

A large explosion ripped through the main square in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, on Sunday, killing at least 27 people and

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Bulgaria 

Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria remains in opposition – and in the Reformist Bloc

March 13, 2016March 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A national meeting of the right-wing Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) on March 13 2016 decided that the party

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Bulgaria 

Two injured, five aircraft severely damaged in fire at Bulgaria’s Krumovo aviation museum

March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv Military Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into the fire at the Aviation Museum in Krumovo in which two

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Europe 

European Union grasps at straws as it seeks solutions to migrant crisis

March 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

The European Union’s ongoing struggles to somehow contain, or reverse, the massive flow of refugees fleeing war-torn Middle-Eastern countries is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: All EU frontline countries should be able to rely on EU support

March 12, 2016March 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

As an external border of the European Union, Bulgaria has made serious efforts and is strictly applying all the provisions

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Europe 

Ex-Kremlin aide found dead in DC hotel ‘departed US 40 days after his own death’

March 12, 2016March 12, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia

The mysterious death of former Kremlin aide Mikhail Lesin has gotten even weirder as details have emerged showing that Lesin

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President to approach Constitutional Court over heavy fines for camping on beaches

March 12, 2016March 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, tourism

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev said on March 12 2016 that he would approach the Constitutional Court over

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Bulgaria 

Demolition row: Culture Ministry told Plovdiv two years ago that tobacco warehouse was a cultural monument

March 12, 2016March 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Culture told Plovdiv municipality two years ago that a tobacco warehouse, now at the centre of controversy

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Perspectives 

Turkey’s not so splendid isolation

March 12, 2016March 14, 2016 Vessela Tcherneva and Fredrik Wesslau of the ECFR Turkey

Turkey is in a bind. It is on the losing side of the war in Syria and engaging in an

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