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Day: April 1, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General wants bans on burqa in public places

April 1, 2016April 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov says that his personal opinion is that there should be restrictions on wearing the burqa in

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Bulgaria 

Car cutback puts Bulgarian Cabinet ministers’ feet on the ground

April 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Ivailo Kalfin stole a march on his Cabinet colleagues by coming to work in a rented

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Europe 

Migrant arrivals across Med eight times higher than in Q1 2015

April 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

At least 170 000 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in the first three months of 2016, a

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Business 

Bulgaria has lowest hourly labour costs in EU – Eurostat

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria had the lowest hourly labour costs in the European Union in 2015, though among EU countries outside the euro

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Europe 

Survey: 9 out of 10 refugees want to return home

April 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

The vast majority of the refugees say they would like to return home at some point when the war has

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Bulgaria 

Lukoil’s refinery in Bulgaria to be fined for air pollution

April 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Lukoil Neftochim refinery in the Bulgarian port city of Bourgas would be handed a heavy fine for the venting of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among freest countries in ‘Nanny State Index’

April 1, 2016April 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, smoking

Bulgaria is ranked 22nd out of 28 European Union countries in the first “Nanny State Index”, meaning it is among

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports January-February Budget surplus below forecast

April 1, 2016April 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first two months of 2016 was 915.2 million

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Europe 

Europe prepares to deport migrants

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

On Monday, the European Union and Greece are scheduled to begin sending migrants, including Syrians, from the Greek Isles to

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