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Day: September 17, 2015

Leisure 

Film review: Love

September 17, 2015 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

An ode to genitalia, vigorous rutting and the release of bodily fluids, Gaspar Noé’s Love is the polar opposite of

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Leisure 

What’s On: Major exhibition of a pioneer in printmaking in Bulgaria, at the National Gallery in Sofia

September 17, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition of the work of one of the pioneers in printmaking in Bulgaria, Josef Pitter, opens at the National Gallery

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sharply increases penalties for people-traffickers

September 17, 2015September 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September 17 to sharply increase the penalties for people-traffickers, in a step taken against the background

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Bulgaria 

Migrant crisis: Bulgaria issues travel warning to motorists about Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary

September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia

Against the background of the continuing migrant crisis in Europe, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued its latest travel warning,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Constitutional Court rejects MPs’ query on judicial reform

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on September 17 to reject as inadmissible the query made by a group of 144 MPs

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria removes statute of limitations for crimes by communist regime

September 17, 2015September 22, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the National Assembly, voted on September 17 2015 to remove the statute of limitations for the prosecution

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Europe 

Romanian PM indicted on money-laundering charges

September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta and a former transport minister in his cabinet have been indicted in a corruption investigation

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Bulgaria 

Migrant quotas: Bulgaria wants ‘balance’, mainly families, mainly from Syria

September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria has told the European Commission that in the system for reallocating refugees, the country would prefer to have a

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Bulgaria 

Migrant crisis: Bulgaria to send 1000 military personnel to Turkish border

September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

More than 1000 Bulgarian military personnel will be deployed at the Turkish border in the coming days to help Bulgaria’s

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