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Day: June 22, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Tourism Minister backs Sunny Beach checkpoints plan

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister has defended a controversial plan to set up police checkpoints throughout the Black Sea resort of Sunny

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Europe 

EU agrees to set up European Border and Coast Guard

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

European Union institutions agreed on June 22 2016 on setting up a European Border and Coast Guard, which the EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria urges Turkey to comply with refugee readmission agreement

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov says his country is urging Turkey to comply with a refugee readmission agreement with the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s revenue agency: Every second trader in Sunny Beach lies about turnover

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Pubs, nightclubs, cafes and car parks in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal resort Sunny Beach massively are not reporting their turnovers,

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Europe 

Experts ponder solutions to possible Brexit problems

June 22, 2016June 27, 2016 VOANews Brexit

Some economic experts say officials will work to reassure investors and make it easier for banks to lend money if

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Europe 

German President Joachim Gauck talks security in Romania

June 22, 2016 Deutsche Welle Nato, Romania

German President Joachim Gauck has discussed tensions in Eastern Europe and Berlin’s policies toward Moscow with his Romanian counterpart, Klaus

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Europe 

Ukrainian lawmakers fume over omission of Ukraine from human rights report

June 22, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland’s annual human rights report, given on World Refugee Day on June 20, upset

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Europe 

What happens after the ‘Brexit’ vote?

June 22, 2016June 27, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Brexit

Aside from guessing which side will win Thursday’s Brexit vote, London’s chattering classes are engaging in a favorite political game

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Europe 

Report notes spike in refugee youths seeking safety in Europe

June 22, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

Unaccompanied minors fleeing places of conflict face rape, detention, beatings, forced labor and even death, according to the U.N. Children’s

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