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Month: March 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: ‘Europeans need to show world terrorism will not destroy our civilisation’

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

Today more than ever, all Europeans need to show the world that they will not let terrorism destroy our civilisation,

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Bulgaria Europe 

Bulgaria strongly condemns terrorist attacks at Brussels airport, metro

March 22, 2016March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria strongly condemns the March 22 terrorist attacks at Zaventem Airport in Brussels and the Belgian capital’s metro, President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov sentenced to salary deduction in plea bargain on hooliganism, assault charges

March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Ataka leader Volen Siderov and fellow MP Dessislav Chukolov were sentenced on March 22 2016 to deductions of 25 per

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Europe World 

Deadly explosions at Brussels Airport

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 VOANews

Authorities in Belgium say one person has been killed and several more injured in two explosions at the international airport

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Bulgaria 

Vatican Secretary of State holds talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church head, Chief Mufti

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Visiting Sofia, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has held talks with Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit and

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Bulgaria 

World Bank lends Bulgaria 300M euro to boost deposit guarantees fund

March 22, 2016March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, World Bank

The World Bank has approved a 300 million euro loan to Bulgaria’s state deposit guarantee fund as part of a

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Europe 

Crunch time for refugees on the island of Lesbos

March 21, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The 1,500 refugees at the Karatepe camp on the Greek island of Lesbos are nervous. Since the EU struck a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry names team for Bokova’s UN Secretary-General candidacy

March 21, 2016March 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced on March 21 2016 the team that will work on the campaign for Irina Bokova to

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Bulgaria 

Controversial Bulgarian MP pulls out of deal to buy insolvent fertiliser plant

March 21, 2016March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Delyan Peevski said on March 21 2016 that he was pulling out of the planned acquisition of an insolvent fertiliser

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