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Month: March 2016

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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Europe 

IS seen ‘deeply rooted’ in Europe in wake of Brussels attack

March 23, 2016 Jeff Seldin of VOAnews

U.S. and European intelligence officials are beginning to grudgingly accept that the deadly terror attacks in Brussels by the Islamic

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Europe 

EU leaders on Brussels attacks: ‘EU united in the face of terrorism’

March 22, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union and its institutions stand united in the face of terrorism, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on

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Bulgaria 

Anti-terrorism exercise scheduled for Sofia on March 22

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An anti-terrorism exercise, involving the Sofia metro railway and police closing down streets in the centre of the city, is

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Europe 

Russian court finds Savchenko guilty of murder

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

It ended as it had begun and continued throughout: in farce and confusion. A court in the small Russian border

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Bulgaria 

Two Sofia – Brussels flights cancelled after terrorist attack at Zaventem Airport

March 22, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Two flights linking Sofia and Brussels that had been scheduled for March 22 2016 had been cancelled, Sofia Airport said

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Bulgaria 

Speaker of Parliament: Brussels attacks not unexpected

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The deadly bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22 obviously were retaliations by terrorists, said the Speaker of Bulgaria’s National

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Europe 

Brussels rocked by airport, metro explosions

March 22, 2016 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

At least three explosions rocked Brussels Tuesday morning – two at the airport and one at a metro station in

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Europe 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry advises citizens to postpone trips to Brussels, Belgium

March 22, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory on March 22 to the country’s citizens to postpone trips to Brussels and Belgium

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