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Lufthansa flights at Sofia Airport resume, pilots not ruling out further strikes

November 26, 2016November 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Flights by German carrier Lufthansa to and from Sofia Airport were operating normally on November 26 after being cancelled the

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with Afghanistan embassy on migrant crisis, Harmanli

November 26, 2016November 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The violent clashes between people housed at the Harmanli refugee reception centre and police were discussed at a meeting between

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Bulgaria 

Deutsche Welle: Refugees’ suffering grows in Bulgaria

November 26, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

“I wake up and I always find a long queue in front of the boys’ toilets. They think that with

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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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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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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 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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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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