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Day: April 13, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sees sanctions on Russia as a tool to change Moscow’s policies, Mitov tells German FM

April 13, 2016April 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia

Bulgaria sees sanctions against Russia as an effective tool to change the policies of Moscow, not as a punishment of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM on ‘migrant hunters’: ‘No one has the right to arrest outside the law’

April 13, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

In his latest comment on civilian groups intercepting migrants and refugees near the country’s borders, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Business 

IMF World Economic Outlook sees growth as sluggish

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

Global growth continues, but at a sluggish pace that leaves the world economy more exposed to risks, says the International

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ‘migrant hunter’ threatened Afghans with a knife and a pistol

April 13, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian “migrant hunter” Petar “The Feathers” Nizamov threatened a group of men from Afghanistan with a knife and a pistol

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Europe 

New clashes between migrants, Macedonian police

April 13, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonian police have fired tear gas and stun grenades at a crowd of migrants trying to climb a fence on

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Business 

Bulgaria legislates incentives for highly-qualified non-EU foreigners

April 13, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Highly-qualified foreign specialists, mainly in the high technology field, will be entitled to be contracted to get a salary equal

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Bulgarian soldiers holding Kalashnikov semi automatic rifles
Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves national defence strategy

April 13, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Cabinet adopted on April 13 a national defence strategy, based on a mid-term review in 2015 of a strategy

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Bulgaria 

Shoring up partly-demolished tobacco warehouse in Plovdiv to cost 100 000 leva – mayor

April 13, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Strengthening the structure of the partly-demolished historic tobacco warehouse at Plovdiv’s 8 Odrin Street in the city’s “Tobacco Town” area

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Bulgaria 

Interior Minister: Traffic of refugees to Bulgaria down by 36%

April 13, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Compared to 2015, the reduction in traffic of refugees to Bulgaria is down by about 36 per cent, Bulgaria’s Interior

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