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Year in Review: Europe’s migrant crisis and Bulgaria

December 28, 2015January 4, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Greece, Rossen Plevneliev, Syrian refugees, Turkey

More than a million migrants and refugees arrived in Europe by land and sea in 2015, in a crisis that

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Bulgaria 

Support for Justice Minister-designate sought among parliamentary groups

December 17, 2015December 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, judiciary, Rossen Plevneliev

A round of meetings between Bulgaria’s Justice Minister-designate Ekaterina Zaharieva with parliamentary groups a day ahead of a confirmation vote

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Bulgaria 

Pavlopoulos to Plevneliev: Greece will support Bulgaria’s joining euro

December 16, 2015December 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Rossen Plevneliev

Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos has reiterated Greece’s firm support for Bulgaria’s membership of the Schengen area and also issued an

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Bulgaria and Greece want clear rules on resolving migration issue

December 14, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria and Greece insist on clear rules for resolving the problem of migration, which should be observed both by the

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Bulgaria 

Everyone would lose if UK left EU, Bulgarian President tells Cameron

December 4, 2015December 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

It is in the interest of the whole European Union that the United Kingdom remains part of the European project,

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Bulgaria’s policies on children set example for entire Balkan region

December 3, 2015December 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s policies on children set an example for the countries of the wider Balkan region, head of state President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas 2015 launched, to aid seriously ill children

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The traditional annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas (Българската Коледа), to raise funds to provide treatment and equipment to care for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Fighting climate change is moral obligation and has a sound economic case

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Fighting climate change is not only a moral obligation but also presents a sound economic case across the world, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Better control at EU borders needed but fences will only deepen disunity in Europe

November 23, 2015November 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Terrorism is a global threat and the response must also be global, Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev said on November 23.

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