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Bulgaria drops lawsuit to pull out of Bourgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline company – report

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria has withdrawn a lawsuit filed last year to liquidate the project company for the Bourgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, according to

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Europe 

Controversy over Pan-Orthodox Council directed at Patriarchal throne

June 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Greece, Russia

The first attempt at a congregation of the Orthodox Christian Churches after the Schism of 1054, the Pan-Orthodox Council in

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Bulgaria 

Refugees intercepted trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

A group of 70 refugees was stopped while trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece on June 5, reports said.

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Europe 

Boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes in Mediterranean

June 3, 2016June 3, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Three bodies have been found in a rescue operation for migrants aboard a boat that capsized in the Mediterranean sea

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Bulgaria 

Refugees via Turkey are avoiding route through Bulgaria – Interior Minister

June 1, 2016June 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Refugees exiting from the territory of Turkey are avoiding the route through Bulgaria, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Rumyana

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Bulgaria 

Greece-Bulgaria gas inter-connector a ‘priority’, Bulgarian PM says

May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is highly focused on building gas inter-connector pipelines with neighbouring countries, with a special emphasis on the link

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Bulgaria 

In one day, 215 migrants stopped from illegally entering Bulgaria

May 31, 2016June 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Over the past day, Bulgarian Border Police have prevented attempts to cross into the country illegally by a total of

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Europe 

19 held in Greece, Czech Republic for forgery, migrant smuggling

May 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Sixteen people suspected of forgery of documents on a large scale and the smuggling of irregular migrants have been arrested

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Europe 

Med migrant arrivals in Europe in 2016 pass 200 000 mark

May 31, 2016June 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

An estimated 204 311 migrants and refugees had arrived in Europe this year via the Mediterranean Sea by May 30,

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