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Day: January 27, 2017

Europe 

Closed Balkan route means lucrative times for human traffickers

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

More than 7000 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Serbia since neighbouring countries closed their borders. Many are spending

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Europe 

Turkey, Greece at odds as Athens denies Turkish coup extradition request

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Greece, Turkey

Turkey has threatened to cancel a migrant readmission deal with Greece after Greece’s Supreme Court rejected a request from Turkey

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Sport 

Nadal outlasts Bulgaria’s Dimitrov in five-set Australian Open semi-final slugfest

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov played some of the best tennis of his career, showcasing his improved form to start 2017, but

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Bulgaria 

Police foil new attempt by protesting Greek farmers to block Bulgarian border crossing

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek police foiled on January 27 attempts by protesting farmers from villages near the Promachonas – Kulata checkpoint to move

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Bulgaria 

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017, Bulgaria honours diplomats who saved Jews

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said that on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017, it was honouring the memory of diplomats who intervened

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet takes office, pledging financial stability and fair elections

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet headed by Ognyan Gerdzhikov took office on January 27, with head of state Roumen Radev giving it

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Bulgaria 

Meet Bulgaria’s Gerdzhikov caretaker cabinet: CVs

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Prime Minister – Ognyan Gerdzhikov (70) Professor of civil and commercial law at Sofia University, who has a long list of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Alpha Research: Election now likely to produce stalemate in Parliament similar to 2013

January 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

A Bulgarian parliamentary election now would be likely to produce a situation similar to that in 2013, a stalemate in

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