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Day: May 25, 2015

Perspectives 

President Duda: What happened in Poland?

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 Piotr Buras of the European Council on Foreign Relations Poland

Andrzej Duda’s success in Poland’s presidential election is a political earthquake. Not only did Duda, an inexperienced, second-rank politician from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Croatia back territorial integrity of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia

Bulgaria and Croatia will defend the territorial integrity of all the countries in the region, including Macedonia and Bosnia and

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Bulgaria 

Politics seen as behind ethnic clash in Bulgaria’s Garmen municipality

May 25, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Political tensions and instigators are behind the ethnic clash between Bulgarians and Roma in Bulgaria’s Garmen municipality, it has been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey sign agreement on police and customs co-operation

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Turkey

The interior ministers of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey signed on May 25 an intergovernmental agreement on police and customs co-operation

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Bulgaria 

Borissov has no intention of fighting corruption – Romanian former justice minister

May 25, 2015May 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has no intention of fighting corruption, according to Romanian MEP Monica Macovei, a former justice

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to repair 7M leva Turkish border fence, tilting after less than a year

May 25, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria will repair its seven million leva (about 3.5 million euro) 30km fence at the border with Turkey, tilting in

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Europe 

Syriza central committee votes in favour of agreement with creditors

May 25, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Speaking to the Syriza central committee on May 23, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said his government will sign a

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