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Day: March 7, 2017

Europe 

Hungary approves detention for all asylum seekers

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Hungary’s parliament has approved a new law calling for all asylum seekers to be detained in camps along the country’s

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Europe 

Reactions to the ECJ decision on asylum law in EU

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

Uproar has greeted the European Court of Justice’s decision on asylum law in Europe. Last year, more than 5,000 people

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria summons Turkish ambassador over Ankara’s interference in parliamentary elections

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman Gökçe was summoned to Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 7 after Turkish cabinet minister Mehmet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian law enforcement busts people-trafficking organised crime group in Sofia

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Sofia

In a joint operation on March 7 by Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Interior Ministry and prosecutors, an organised

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Bulgaria 

Ninova: Bulgarian Socialist Party will try to form government whether or not it gets the most votes

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will attempt to form a government after the March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections whether or

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Business 

Bulgaria, Poland have EU’s second-largest proportion of managers who are women – Eurostat

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union country with the largest share of women in managerial positions is Latvia, the only EU country where women

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Business 

Bulgaria’s annual GDP growth in 2016 was 3.4% – statistical institute

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s GDP for 2016 increased in real terms by 3.4 per cent compared to 2015, the National Statistical Institute said

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Europe 

European Court: EU member countries not obliged to grant humanitarian visas to asylum-seekers

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

European Union countries are not required, under EU law, to grant a humanitarian visa to people who wish to enter

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political parties spent more than a million leva on media advertising in first 10 days of election campaign – study

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

Ten days after the start of the official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary elections, political parties

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