Politics seen as behind ethnic clash in Bulgaria’s Garmen municipality
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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Month: May 2015
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey sign agreement on police and customs co-operation
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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Borissov has no intention of fighting corruption – Romanian former justice minister
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 to repair 7M leva Turkish border fence, tilting after less than a year
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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Syriza central committee votes in favour of agreement with creditors
Speaking to the Syriza central committee on May 23, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said his government will sign a
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Andrzej Duda wins Poland’s presidential election – exit poll
Poland’s incumbent president Bronislaw Komorowski has failed in his bid for a second term in office after losing a closely-fought
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UN rights official on Macedonia: Serious challenges to rule of law, ‘democratic space’ shrinking
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonović says he is deeply concerned by serious challenges to the rule
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Crisis in Macedonia requires meaningful and swift measures
The political crisis in Macedonia has been a cause of concern for the United States and other international interests. The
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Eurovision 2015 winner: Sweden
Sweden won the 2015 Eurovision song contest with Måns Zelmerlöw’s performance of Heroes, beating Russia into second place. Even before
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