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Day: December 18, 2016

Bulgaria 

Croatia arrests two Bulgarians for human trafficking after 67 people found in van’s cargo hold

December 18, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Europe migrant crisis

Croatia has initiated a crime investigation into two Bulgarian nationals in connection with people-trafficking after traffic police found 67 people

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Posts temporarily stops courier shipments to US, China and South Korea

December 18, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Posts has temporarily stopped accepting courier shipments to the United States, China – with the exception of Hong Kong

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Bulgaria 

Dangerous operation to remove gas tanks from Bulgaria’s Hitrino blast site continues

December 18, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Eight gas tanks from a train that was the centre of a fatal blast in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: GERB ‘to support’ goverment formed by Reformist Bloc – Tsvetanov

December 18, 2016March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Boiko Borissov’s GERB party could support a government formed on the basis of the mandate held by the Reformist Bloc,

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Europe 

Greek government weighs options following Tsipras, Merkel talks

December 18, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Following his meeting with German Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears to have a

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