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Day: October 22, 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to expel 12 Syrian asylum seekers, head of State Agency for National Security says

October 22, 2013February 11, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

Twelve Syrian asylum seekers are to be expelled from Bulgaria, the head of the country’s State Agency for National Security

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Europe 

Police operation nets 129 stolen vehicles in Western Balkans, CEE countries

October 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Three days of intensive law enforcement activity have resulted in the seizure of 129 stolen vehicles with an estimated value

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament adopts Ataka motion to extend to 2020 ban on selling land to foreigners

October 22, 2013February 11, 2014 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

After a lengthy debate, Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on October 22 to approve a motion by Volen Siderov’s ultra-nationalist party

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court decides Ivan Ivanov is still an MP

October 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled in unanimity on October 22 that socialist MP Ivan Ivanov should keep his seat in Parliament

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Europe 

EU agrees to new chapter in Turkey’s accession negotiations

October 22, 2013October 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

European Union ministers agreed on October 22 to open a new chapter in the process of Turkey’s EU accession negotiations,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s SJC set to investigate top prosecutor on ethical grounds

October 22, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

The ethics committee of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) decided on October 22 to begin an investigation as to whether

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Europe 

Strasbourg tribunal fails to give ruling over 1940 Katyn massacre

October 22, 2013 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg said on October 22 2013 that it has no competence to judge

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