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Year: 2013

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors investigating refugee agency, migration directorate

November 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

The Bulgarian Prosecutors’s Office has started an investigation into the handling by the State Agency for Refugees and the Interior

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Business 

Bulgaria slightly improves export figures but trade deficit remains

November 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s exports to European Union and non-EU countries in the January-September 2013 period increased slightly on an annual basis but

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s customs chief appointed Deputy Finance Minister

November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Kiril Zhelev has been appointed Deputy Finance Minister on November 11, the Cabinet’s press service said, ending Zhelev’s tenure as

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Bulgaria 

Two further arrests after beating of ethnic Turkish Bulgarian in Sofia

November 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Police in Sofia have made two further arrests in connection with the serious assault of a Bulgarian man of Turkish

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Bulgaria 

Residents of Bulgaria’s Bansko plan road blockage

November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Residents of Bansko and Razlog municipalities in southwestern Bulgaria have announced plans to block the E79 road, which links capital

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Europe 

Greek government survives censure motion

November 11, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greece’s coalition government survived a censure motion brought by main-opposition SYRIZA. The government emerged from the vote of no confidence

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Bulgaria 

Sofia University campus padlocked as anti-government students step up occupation

November 11, 2013November 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Peevski protests

The gates to the central campus of Sofia University were padlocked on the morning of November 11 as the anti-government

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Europe 

Slovakia’s regional elections: Fico claims victory for Smer

November 10, 2013 Beata Balogova of The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Three of the eight self-governing regions, known by Slovaks under the acronym VÚCs have elected their leaders in the first

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Bulgaria 

Sofia police step up security near mosque after man mistaken for refugee seriously assaulted

November 10, 2013November 14, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia have stepped up security in streets nearby the landmark Banya Bashi mosque after a

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