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Day: November 25, 2016

Bulgaria 

Trilateral Bulgaria-Greece-Turkey contact centre opened at Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint

November 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

A trilateral Bulgarian-Greek-Turkish contact centre opened at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint on November 25 2016, the culmination of five

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov at Harmanli refugee camp: Lawbreakers will be expelled from Bulgaria

November 25, 2016November 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Visiting Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp for the second time in less than 24 hours, following violent clashes at the camp

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Bulgaria 

Clashes at Harmanli refugee centre spark political storm in Bulgaria

November 25, 2016November 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

The violent clashes between people locked down in Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre and police prompted a political storm, with Parliament’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria increases military retirement age to 55 to cope with shortage of personnel

November 25, 2016November 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on November 25 to approve the second reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Minister: Situation at Harmanli refugee camp ‘normalised’

November 25, 2016November 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The situation at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp has normalised, while 110 people at the camp who had taken part in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian outgoing Defence Minister faces second set of criminal charges

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

The Military Prosecutor’s Office in Sofia has laid criminal charges of abuse of office against Nikolai Nenchev, Defence Minister in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM calls emergency meeting of ministers over unrest at Harmanli refugee camp

November 25, 2016November 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov called an emergency meeting on November 25 of key Cabinet ministers and security chiefs in

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Europe 

Three years after EuroMaidan Revolution, Ukrainians disappointed

November 25, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Great hopes for a better future drove the wave of demonstrations that swept Ukraine starting in November 2013 – demonstrations

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Bulgaria 

200 arrests, police injured, as thousands clash with police at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp

November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov made a late-night visit to Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee camp on November 24, when more than

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