UN expert urges Turkey, EU to prioritise human rights of migrants
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, has called on Turkey and the European Union
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Year: 2012
Kosovo granted full sovereignty
The multi-national group supervising Kosovo’s independence has decided to grant it full rights of national sovereignty as of September. The
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New EU caps on data roaming go into effect
European Union’s first step towards drastically reduced data roaming charges went into effect on July 1, making it cheaper to
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EU unemployment hits new record high of 10.3%
Unemployment in the European Union was 10.3 per cent in May 2012, the highest since EU statistics office Eurostat started
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Czech Energo-Pro completes acquisition of E.ON’s Bulgarian business
German utility E.ON said that it has completed the sale of its Bulgarian subsidiary to private Czech energy group Energo-Pro
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Volunteers join in to fight forest fire on Mount Vitosha
About 350 people, nearly a third of them volunteers, were fighting a forest fire on Mount Vitosha near the village
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Bulgaria’s President Plevneliev visiting Germany
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev is visiting Germany on July 2 and 3 2012 at the invitation of his German counterpart
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Bulgarian PM inspects archaeological site at Struma motorway
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Lilyana Pavlova and Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov
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Sand sculpture festival opens in Bulgaria’s Bourgas
Sculptures of Aladdin and Harlequin are to open the sand festival in the Bulgarian Black Sea coastal city of Bourgas,
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