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Month: March 2016

Europe 

Turks see Russia as greatest threat, poll finds

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 Dorian Jones of VOANews Russia, Turkey

With Russian-Turkish tensions mounting, a recent poll finds that the Turkish people see Russia as their greatest threat. The annual

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Europe 

New businesses open in wake of European migrant crisis

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

From human smugglers to bus services to the sellers of life jackets, new businesses have popped up everywhere along the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria bans camping and parking 100m from beach shoreline

March 1, 2016March 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the second reading of amendments to the Black Sea Coast Act that ban camping and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appoints new Customs Agency chief

March 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on March 1 that Rozalia Dimitrova has been appointed as the new head of the Customs

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Europe 

UNHCR: Greece faces humanitarian crisis amid disarray in Europe over asylum-seekers

March 1, 2016March 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Europe is facing a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis as there is a rapid build-up of people in an already struggling

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General: No ‘joint investigation’ with Palestinians into Zayed’s death

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

There will be no joint investigation between Bulgaria and a delegation from the Palestinian authority that arrived in Sofia following

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 991.6M leva Budget surplus in January

March 1, 2016April 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first month of 2016 stood at 991.6 million

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Europe 

EU looking for answers to crisis along migrant route

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

A day after Macedonian police fired tear gas to push back refugees trying to cross the border from Greece, European

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