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Day: August 15, 2016

Europe 

EU provides new humanitarian assistance to Macedonia after deadly floods

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The European Commission announced on August 15 a sum of 150 000 euro in humanitarian assistance to support people affected

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Europe 

Russia: Preparing an offensive or manoeuvering for easing of sanctions?

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

What is President Vladimir Putin planning for Ukraine? Kyiv officials argue Russia’s leader is accumulating pretexts to justify a major

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Border Police top officers quit after migrant transport contract given to ‘people-trafficker’

August 15, 2016August 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Border Police chief Antonio Angelov and senior commissioner Yotko Andreev resigned on August 15 after Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to set up checkpoints inside country against illegal migration

August 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry will set up checkpoints inside the country to counter trafficking of people who have entered the country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM orders Border Police chiefs fired over migrant transport contract

August 15, 2016August 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the dismissal of the top leadership of the Border Police after a contract

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Bulgaria 

Citing ‘backroom deals’, Ombudsman pulls out of BSP presidential candidate race

August 15, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Ombudsman Maya Manolova has written a letter to Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) structures that nominated her to be the

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Leisure 

Bulgaria Black Sea Resorts: Sozopol Nominated

August 15, 2016March 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments

The Black Sea resort Sozopol was nominated as the “Best European Destination” by the organization EuropeanBestDestinations. Darik News reported, Bulgaria’s

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Europe 

Biden to visit Turkey amid tensions over cleric’s extradition

August 15, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Vice President Joe Biden will visit Turkey later this month, the White House announced Friday. His visit scheduled for August

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