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Month: April 2016

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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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Europe 

Protests in Skopje following the amnesty granted by President Ivanov

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Hundreds of citizens protested last night following the decision of the president of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov. to

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Europe 

European Parliament to vote on resolution on Poland

April 13, 2016 The Warsaw Voice European Parliament, Poland

The European Parliament today will adopt a resolution on the situation in Poland in relation to the constitutional crisis sparked

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Europe 

Analysts: Ukraine government shake-up raises hopes, concerns

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Ukraine

The resignation of Ukraine’s embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, made official Tuesday, raises hopes for ending a political crisis that

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Bulgaria 

Bokova at the UN: Fog over Turtle Bay

April 13, 2016April 17, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova

Perish the thought that as an institution, the United Nations has a dire shortage of platitudes, buzzwords and vague good

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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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