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The European Union welcomed a rollback of repressive laws in Ukraine, part of the rapid concessions made by the Ukrainian government in the face of massive anti-government protests. Events in […]
As was expected, Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court unanimously declared unconstitutional, in a January 28 ruling, a resolution by the National Ass ...
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court was expected to overturn a 2013 parliamentary resolution calling for an extension to the year 2020 of the moratorium ...
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic has appeared in the UN war crimes court in The Hague, but refused to testify as a defense witness for ...
Political commentator Dimitar Ganev, speaking on Bulgarian National Radio on January 28, said that months of permanent scandal lay ahead in the approach to the country’s European Parliament elections. He […]
Bulgaria’s government has approved amendments to regulations governing the pay of senior civil servants that will allow it to increase salaries after several years of no pay hikes because of […]
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, who has led Ukraine’s government since President Viktor Yanukovych took power in 2010, has resigned. Azarov said in a January 28 2014 statement: “The conflict situation […]
The anti-government group that had been occupying the central campus of Sofia University, barring access to outsiders, ended its occupation on the morning of January 28 2014 – while insisting […]
French President François Hollande is in Turkey for a two-day visit aimed at improving relations between the two countries. French President François Hollande’s visit comes after years of strained relations […]
French president Francois Hollande’s commendations have impressed the Erdogan government during his official visit to Ankara. In an attempt to restore French-Turkish relations, which had deteriorated during the Nikola Sarkozy […]
