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Month: April 2016

Bulgaria 

Fire at Bulgaria’s Arsenal munitions factory kills two

April 25, 2016April 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Two people died and a number were injured in a fire on the morning of April 25 at Bulgaria’s Arsenal military weapons

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians abroad petition against electoral law changes

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarians living abroad are protesting and petitioning against changes approved by Parliament to electoral laws that provide for polling stations

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Bulgaria 

Mitov: Schengen area needs to be kept as it is

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Russia, Schengen, Turkey

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Daniel Mitov gave an exclusive interview to IBNA. The head of Bulgarian diplomacy spoke

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Europe 

Vucic wins decisive victory in Serbian parliamentary elections – polls

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia

Aleksander Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party won an estimated 56.2 per cent of the votes in Serbia’s parliamentary elections on April

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Bulgaria 

Dogan’s MRF party elects Karadaya to post of leader

April 24, 2016April 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms’ national conference unanimously elected, as expected, MP and hitherto triumvirate leadership member Mustafa Karadaya

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Bulgaria 

Karadaya appears set to be named leader of Bulgaria’s MRF

April 24, 2016April 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

The national conference of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms appears set to elect one of its current acting co-chairpersons,

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Bulgaria 

Congress of Bulgaria’s MRF hears anti-Brexit plea

April 24, 2016April 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A senior member of Liberal International issued an appeal at an April 24 congress of Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and

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Europe 

Turkish PM cites dramatic decrease in Syrian migrant exodus

April 24, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that his country’s efforts to deter Syrians from entering Greece by sea had

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Europe 

Vucic eyes clear victory in Serbian elections

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016 Deutsche Welle Serbia

Serbians elect a new parliament on Sunday April 24. Aleksandar Vucic is a sure winner in the election; the question

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