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Day: June 19, 2013

Bulgaria 

Siderov to chair Bulgarian Parliament’s anti-corruption committee, and other appointments

June 19, 2013June 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

The leader of Bulgarian ultra-nationalist party Ataka, Volen Siderov, was elected on June 19 chairperson of Parliament’s committee on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian public opinion strongly supports protests against Peevski appointment – survey

June 19, 2013July 10, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests, Plamen Oresharski, Rossen Plevneliev

The protests against the appointment of Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) had wide

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs vote support for Oresharski’s vague ‘stabilisation package’

June 19, 2013July 10, 2013 Alex Bivol Plamen Oresharski

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski asked – and received – on June 19 Parliament’s support for a vague package of

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Europe 

Bulgaria granted protection to 195 asylum seekers in 2012

June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgarian granted refugee or subsidiary protection status to 195 asylum seekers in 2012, according to numbers published by European Union’s

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Bulgaria 

Sofia traffic police hails success of ‘Operation Cyclist’, vows to continue checks

June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Traffic police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia said on June 19 that 28 fines were issued during “Operation Cyclist” on

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Business 

Economy Minister sacks Bulgarian Energy Holding chief executive

June 19, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Economy and Energy Minister Dragomir Stoynev has fired Mihail Andonov, the executive director of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), the

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Bulgaria 

Nine people detained during latest protest in Sofia

June 19, 2013June 19, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Nine people were detained on June 18 during the anti-government protest in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia. Some of them carried

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Europe 

Turkey’s PM hits back at international critics of crackdown

June 19, 2013June 19, 2013 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Turkey

The U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights has strongly criticized Turkey’s crackdown on anti-government protests, joining the European Union in condemning

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs cancel Peevski appointment at SANS

June 19, 2013June 21, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Bulgarian Parliament voted on June 19 to repeal its decision to appoint Delyan Peevski as director of the State Agency

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