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Day: April 8, 2016

Business 

Opening of new high-tech plant near Plovdiv creates 1200 jobs

April 8, 2016April 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv

More than 1200 jobs will be created in a new high-tech plant near Plovdiv, an investment of $40 million by

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Europe 

Migrant deportations between Greece and Turkey resume

April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 Dorian Jones of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

In the face of protests, Greece has resumed deporting migrants to Turkey as part of a controversial European Union-Turkey deal

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Europe 

Greece sees first day that no refugees, migrants arrive by sea

April 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

On April 5, not one migrant or refugee arrived by sea in Greece, the first day that this has been

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Bulgaria 

First Bulgarian business people named in Panama Papers reports

April 8, 2016April 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian daily 24 Chassa has begun publishing the identities of the country’s business people that it says appear in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian supreme court jails judge for four years for corruption

April 8, 2016April 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Veliko Turnovo

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation has jailed a Veliko Turnovo judge for four years for accepting a bribe of 6000

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Europe 

Analysts: Putin’s National Guard meant to put down public unrest

April 8, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announced plans Tuesday to form a National Guard with the stated goal of fighting terrorism and

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Europe 

Ukraine blame game erupts over outcome of Dutch referendum

April 8, 2016 Deutsche Welle Ukraine

The Ukrainian president is sticking to the course he’s been steering toward the EU, yet some critics blame him for

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Europe 

Anything to hide? Revelations undercut trust in Poroshenko

April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Too little, too late, too far away. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko answered questions the nation had about his offshore companies

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