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Month: August 2016

Bulgaria 

Attempts at illegal crossings of Bulgarian – Serbian border on the rise – report

August 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

A total of 554 migrants were intercepted crossing the border from Bulgaria into Serbia in July 2016, reports said on

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Bulgaria 

Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project continues in Bulgarian waters

August 3, 2016August 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has authorised the research vessel Stril Explorer to enter the country’s waters to participate in the three-year Black

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria adds three Syrians accused of terrorism to anti-terrorism financing list

August 3, 2016August 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has added three Syrians that prosecutors have accused of terrorism to the country’s list of people subject to

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Bulgaria 

After days of blazes, Bulgaria faces severe fire warnings

August 3, 2016August 5, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

An official warning was issued on August 3 of a high risk of fires in several provinces in Bulgaria over

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria approves new registration card system for refugees

August 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s government has approved new-look registration cards to be issued by the State Agency for Refugees, the government information service

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Europe 

Greeks struggling to make ends meet

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Thousands of Greek pensioners saw their supplementary pension payments slashed by as much as 10 per cent on August 2 as

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Europe 

A ray of hope for refugees in northern Greece

August 3, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece

When Mahmood looks out of the window he can see Thessaloniki’s seafront clearly, sometimes, when the sky is clear, even

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Europe 

Ukrainians denounce Trump’s comments on Ukraine, Crimea

August 3, 2016 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

It is probably no surprise that the recent comments by U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump about the conflict

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Europe 

Slovakia: Extremist patrols in trains banned

August 3, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Groups of far-right extremists wearing green T-shirts with the logo of Marian Kotleba’s People’s Party Our Slovakia (ĽSNS) will not

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