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Month: November 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic police start check-ups ahead of winter season

November 5, 2013November 5, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police announced on November 5 the start of the annual campaign to ensure that the country’s motorists were

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Plevneliev calls Consultative Council on National Security meeting for November 20

November 5, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Syrian refugees

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has called a meeting of the Consultative Council on National Security for November 20, to discuss

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Bulgaria 

Teenage Syrian refugee assaulted in Sofia

November 5, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

A 17-year-old Syrian refugee was assaulted on the night of November 3 2013 by two men near the Voenna Rampa

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Europe 

European Commission proposes to reduce use of plastic bags

November 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission (EC) adopted on November 4 2013 a proposal that requires EU countries to reduce their use of

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World 

Malware goes smart, too

November 4, 2013 Jana Liptakova of the Slovak Spectator

IT security experts’ predictions that 2013 would see an increase in malware designed for mobile phones have come true. Experts

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Europe 

Ritual slaughter ban in Poland to be raised during Polish president Komorowski’s visit to Israel

November 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Poland

Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski, who was on a two-day visit to Israel as of November 4, was to meet Israeli

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Europe 

Kosovo PM praises vote despite violence

November 4, 2013 VOANews Kosovo, Serbia

Kosovo’s prime minister has praised the local elections in northern Kosovo, which were marred by violence and low voter turnout.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government’s new goals in ‘action plan’ on refugee situation

November 4, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Syrian refugees

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is to consider a draft plan on dealing with the refugee situation in the country, which includes seven

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria deputy prosecutor-general resigns

November 4, 2013November 4, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Boiko Naidenov, who heads Bulgaria’s National Investigative Service, resigned on November 4 as head of the service and as an

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