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Month: November 2013

Europe 

Greek government hoping to bridge difference with troika within week

November 18, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras will meet with troika officials in Athens Monday as inspection of the country’s adjustment effort

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Bulgaria 

Controversy continues over ultra-nationalist ‘civil patrols’, while Sofians march against fascism

November 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

The “civil patrols” by Bulgarian ultra-nationalist group National Unity will continue in capital city Sofia on November 18, leader Boyan

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church in Varna elects two candidates to be the new Metropolitan

November 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Thirty electors of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church diocese in the Black Sea city of Varna chose on November 17 two

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Bulgaria 

EC suspends funding for Bulgaria’s environment operational programme – reports

November 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has suspended payments under Bulgaria’s operational programme for environment, one of the seven financing mechanisms for EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry’s comings and goings

November 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Kristian Vigenin, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to be caught up in at least two controversies – one over the criteria

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Europe 

EC to recommend lifting visa requirements on Moldova

November 17, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Moldova

The European Commission will recommend lifting visa requirements for Moldova after the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius later this month,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s November 16 political meetings: The numbers game

November 16, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

For months, for some a minor hobby has been disputes about turnouts at anti-government meetings. The Interior Ministry’s estimates have

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Perspectives 

The Bus Socialist Party’s day in Sofia

November 16, 2013May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sergei Stanishev

Weaving amid the buses that crowded almost every square metre of the cobblestones outside Alexander Nevski cathedral on the day

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Bulgaria 

Many thousands turn out for rival rallies of Bulgaria’s ruling axis and opposition

November 16, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

Many thousands, said by organisers to add up to 60 000, turned out for a pro-government rally in central Sofia

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