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Day: April 20, 2016

Europe 

European Commission proposes visa-free travel for citizens of Ukraine

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on April 20 2016 that it was proposing to the Council of the European Union and

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Business 

Google, EU clash again

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 VOANews

The European Union and Google are engaged in another battle over allegations the technology giant broke Europe’s antitrust laws. EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian drivers to block border crossings with Greece at Orthodox Easter

April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgarian lorry drivers intend blocking all border crossings with Greece during the April 29 to May 2 2016 holidays, when

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Bulgaria 

Eight officials at Bulgaria’s children treatment fund arrested

April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian police have arrested eight officials at the Health Ministry’s fund for treatment of children abroad, including the fund’s director

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World 

Nato, Russian officials meet for first time in two years

April 20, 2016April 20, 2016 VOANews Nato, Russia

The NATO-Russia Council has convened for the first time since 2014, with recent tensions between Russia and the United States

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria approved 5605 asylum applications in 2015

April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria approved 5605 asylum applications in 2015, of which 4705 were the granting of refugee status and the rest were

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria worst among EU countries in 2016 Press Freedom Index

April 20, 2016April 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria ranked 113th out of 180 countries in international organisation Reporters Without Border’s 2016 Index of Press Freedom, the lowest

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Bulgaria 

Ataka leader Siderov guilty in Varna Airport case

April 20, 2016April 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Ataka leader Volen Siderov has reached his latest plea bargain with prosecutors, pleading guilty to charges of hooliganism and assaulting

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Bulgaria 

Sofia’s Ancient Serdica archaeological complex opens

April 20, 2016November 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

The Ancient Serdica archaeological complex, the result of five years’ work and a 15 million leva budget, opened in central

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