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Day: May 4, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria approves funds for contact centre with Greece, Turkey

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on May 4 a sum of three million leva (about 1.5 million euro) to carry out projects

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s CCB gave 2.5B leva loans to Vassilev firms, probe finds

May 4, 2016May 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Companies directly or indirectly linked to Tsvetan Vassilev, majority shareholder in the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), received an estimated 2.5

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Science Festival 2016: Richard III, Rosetta and the stars

May 4, 2016May 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

The Sofia Science Festival is on from May 12 to 15 2016, this year boasting 69 events on a wide

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Europe 

EC: Turkey will get visa exemption if Ankara meets all benchmarks

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

The European Commission (EC) said on May 4 that it was proposing to the European Parliament and Council of the

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Europe 

European Commission proposes visa-free travel for Kosovo

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

The European Commission proposed on May 4 2016 to lift visa requirements for the people of Kosovo. In a statement

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Europe 

Protests in Macedonia against Ivanov, June 5 elections, continue

May 4, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of Skopje and other major cities in the Republic of Macedonia on

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Europe 

EU visa block threatens EU-Turkey migrant deal

May 4, 2016 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkish citizens could soon benefit from visa-free travel to Europe, as part of the deal between the EU and Ankara

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