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Month: March 2016

Europe 

European Commission boosts emergency assistance for asylum and migration by 275.5 M euro in 2016

March 10, 2016March 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The European Commission said on March 10 2016 that it was boosting emergency assistance to cope with the refugee and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks anniversary of prevention of deportation of Bulgarian Jews to Holocaust death camps

March 10, 2016March 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Senior politicians, members of the Bulgarian Jewish community and diplomats took part in ceremonies on March 10 2016 commemorating the

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Bulgaria 

Austria: Balkan Route should remain closed to migrants

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey

Austrian interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says the Balkan immigration route should remain closed, after Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Croatia closed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Ataka leader Siderov pleads guilty in three court cases

March 10, 2016March 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of the Ataka party in the Bulgarian Parliament, has pleaded guilty to the charges in three court

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Europe 

Savchenko flips off Russian court as it delays her verdict

March 10, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Nadiya Savchenko showed that she will be defiant to the end when during a March 9 court hearing she gave

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state lottery jackpot hits 5.5M leva

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated 5.5 million leva, or about 2.8 million euro, will be up for grabs in one of the jackpots

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Europe 

European Commission proposes to lift visa obligations for citizens of Georgia

March 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said that it was proposing to the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament to

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Europe 

Poland faces deepening of constitutional crisis

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poland’s top court Constitutional Tribunal ruled Wednesday that a recently passed changes to law governing its operations was fully unconstitutional,

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Europe 

Merkel criticises closing of Balkan route

March 10, 2016 Deutsche Welle Croatia, Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised Balkan nations for closing borders to migrants. In the past 24 hours four Balkan

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