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Two reported dead after earthquake near Greece’s Lefkáda island

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

Two people are reported to have died as a result of a powerful earthquake about 23km from Greece’s Ionian island

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Earthquake of 6.1 Richter scale shakes Greece’s Ionian islands

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

An earthquake of 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 9.10am on November 17 about 27km west of the Ionian

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Paris terrorist attacks: CEE leaders highlight migrant issue

November 15, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia

In Central and Eastern Europe, a number of leaders have reacted to the November 13 Paris terrorist attacks by underlining

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Greeks go on general strike; government edges closer to deal with quadriga

November 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The first general strike since Syriza came to power for the first time last January will go ahead on Thursday

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Political row in Bulgaria over Ecumenical Patriarch continues

November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Greece, Rossen Plevneliev

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I may find himself waiting a long time, perhaps forever, before he gets invited to visit Bulgaria

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Migrant arrivals in Europe by sea close to 800 000 so far in 2015 – IOM

November 10, 2015November 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Arrivals of migrants and refugees in Europe by sea in 2015 approached 800 000 in the first week of November,

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Bulgaria 

Energy, regional security on agenda as foreign ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary meet

November 8, 2015November 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Hungary

Potential for further trilateral co-operation, especially in the energy sector, was discussed at a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers

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Europe 

Unstoppable migrant flows across Mediterranean into Europe

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia

The U.N. Children’s Fund said it sees no sign that migrant flows into Europe are slowing down, and said the

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First migrants relocated from Greece to travel to Luxembourg on November 4

November 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Thirty asylum seekers were to travel from Greece on November 3 under the European Union’s migrant relocation scheme, headed for

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