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Month: April 2016

Europe 

Macedonia police deploy tear gas on refugees at Idomeni

April 10, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonian police have deployed a battery of nonlethal force on refugees at Idomeni. Refugees who’ve been stuck at the crossing

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgaria can protect its borders – even without Nato

April 10, 2016April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Europe migrant crisis

Observing a maritime exercise off Bourgas on April 10, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov boasted that his country’s military and

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Bulgaria 

Turkey envoys guests at founding congress of Mestan’s DOST party

April 10, 2016April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

The DOST party founded by ousted Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) leader Lyutvi Mestan held its inaugural conference in

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Bulgaria 

Muslims in Bulgarian village restore Christian church

April 9, 2016April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Muslim community in a Bulgarian village have raised funds and contributed their labour to restore a century-old Orthodox Christian

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Bulgaria 

Police in Italy, Bulgaria break sex-trafficking ring

April 9, 2016April 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

With the support of European police agency Europol, the Italian Carabinieri and the Bulgarian police have dismantled an organised criminal

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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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