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Bulgaria arrests 280 in operation against illegal migration

November 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria arrested 280 people in a national joint operation by the Interior Ministry and State Agency for National Security on

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church holds liturgies for the dead in Paris terrorist attacks

November 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Memorial liturgies were held on November 15 in all Bulgarian Orthodox churches for the victims of the series of terrorist

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People-smuggling: the trade with refugees in Bulgaria

November 15, 2015 Deutsche Welle

More and more refugees are trying to reach the West via Bulgaria. The people-smuggling trade is flourishing along the dangerous

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Bulgaria postpones Junior Eurovision opening ceremony out of sympathy for victims of Paris terrorism attack

November 14, 2015November 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The opening ceremony for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015, which was to have been held on the evening of

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Bulgarians lay floral tributes at French embassy after Paris terrorist attack

November 14, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

In Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, people streamed to the French embassy on November 14 to lay flowers and light candles

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Paris terrorist attacks ‘new September 11 for Europe’

November 14, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has described the November 13 terrorist attacks in French capital Paris as the “new September

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister postpones wedding over Paris terrorist attacks

November 14, 2015November 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has postponed his wedding that was scheduled for November 14, because of the fatal terrorist

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Bulgaria holds security meeting after Paris terrorist attacks

November 14, 2015November 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and senior government, security and intelligence officials attended a special meeting of the security and migration

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French ambassador: I hope Europe will emerge more united after Paris terrorist attacks

November 14, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

French ambassador in Sofia Xavier Lapeyre De Cabanes said that he hoped that Europe would emerge with greater solidarity and

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