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Day: March 22, 2018

Europe 

Slovenia, Kosovo bust organised crime group trafficking people in the Balkans

March 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

Law enforcement authorities worked together on March 21 to arrest 12 migrant smugglers operating in the Balkans, European police agency

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Bulgaria 

Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time at 3am on March 25 2018

March 22, 2018March 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 25 2018 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Bulgaria 

Netanyahu: Israel has a special relationship with Bulgaria

March 22, 2018March 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel, Roumen Radev

Israel has a special relationship with Bulgaria – in the past, in the present, and in the future, Israeli Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues ‘Code Orange’ weather warning for nine districts for March 23 as chilly conditions continue

March 22, 2018March 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued a “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for March 23 in nine districts where strong winds

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January 2018 was 158.8M euro

March 22, 2018March 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first month of the year stood at 158.8 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament scraps public procurement rule for repairs to fence at Turkish border

March 22, 2018March 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Refugees, Turkey

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 22 to approve the second and final reading of amendments to the Public Procurement

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov pushes planned Varna EU-Turkey summit at meeting with Tusk

March 22, 2018March 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Turkey, Varna

The forthcoming meeting between EU and Turkish leaders in Varna is necessary for the normalisation of relations between the EU

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Europe 

Zahoor sells Kyiv Post for at least $3.5 million to Adnan Kivan, Syrian millionaire in Odesa

March 22, 2018 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Mohammad Zahoor, only the second owner in the Kyiv Post’s nearly 23-year history, has decided to sell the newspaper to

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Business 

Romania has lowest arable land purchase prices in the EU – statistics agency

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The purchase price of arable land in Romania was the cheapest in the European Union in 2016, EU statistics agency

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