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Day: April 12, 2016

Bulgaria 

Turkey, Bulgaria pledge co-operation on migration, fighting organised crime

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

The migration crisis and the fight against terrorism and organised crime have topped the agenda of talks in Sofia between

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests ‘migrant hunter’

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Petar “The Feathers” Nizamov, allegedly part of a vigilante group that illegally detained migrants near the Bulgarian border, has been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Finance Minister promises ‘Panama Papers’ probe

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov has promised checks of the origin of the funds and tax payments by Bulgarians named

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Bulgaria 

Controversy continues over Bulgaria’s ‘migrant hunters’

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s Interior Minister, the leader of a nationalist party and the leader of a right-wing opposition party are among the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.5% deflation in March 2016

April 12, 2016May 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.5 per cent per cent annual deflation in March 2016, while the monthly data showed

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Bulgaria 

UN begins hearings of Secretary-General candidates

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

The United Nations begins on April 12 2016 three days of hearings of the eight candidates so far for the

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Europe 

Museum of the History of Polish Jews named European Museum of the Year

April 12, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw has won the prestigious European Museum of the Year

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Europe 

UNHCR: Idomeni violence ‘matter of great worry’

April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern about the April 10 violence at the border between

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Perspectives 

View from Sofia: Fear and loathing

April 12, 2016 Vessela Tcherneva

Fear. The word travelled across Bulgarian media and between the lines of reports and political speeches in the days after

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