Close to 500 people requested refugee status in Bulgaria in first two months of 2013
A total of 476 people applied for refugee status in the first two months of 2013, according to State Agency
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Month: March 2013
Cyprus: Bailout terms ‘painful’ but necessary
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades says the terms of his country’s new $13 billion bailout are “painful,” but that he had
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More parties register for Bulgaria’s May 12 early elections
The process of Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission accepting applications by political parties to register to stand in the May 12
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Bulgarian protest group’s ‘Movement for Civic Control’ party spells out principles
The announcement that one of the groups of protesters in Bulgaria is to field a political party in the May
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Hungary: Tancsics Prize returned
Echo TV pundit Ferenc Szaniszló announced on Wednesday that he planned to hand back the Tancsics Prize, a top state
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Bulgarian ports of Varna, Bourgas closed over strong winds
Bulgaria’s two major ports on the Black Sea, in Varna and Bourgas, were closed on March 25 because of strong
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EU officials: Cyprus, lenders reach bailout deal
Cyprus has avoided bankruptcy by agreeing to a bailout deal that includes the closing of the island nation’s second largest
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Head of Bulgaria’s state IT firm resigns
Mihail Konstantinov, a constant fixture on Bulgaria’s central electoral commission for two decades, resigned on March 22 as chairperson of
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Cyprus continues efforts to raise funds by EU deadline
Cypriot leaders are set to meet Friday in another attempt to raise $7.5 billion by Monday, which is the deadline
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