European Commission tells Bulgaria to turn strategies on judicial reform, against corruption, into action
It is time for Bulgaria to move to the next stage by turning its strategies on judicial reform and the
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Month: January 2016
European Commission praises ‘sustainability’ of Romania judiciary reforms
Romania made big steps towards proving the sustainability of its judiciary reforms, but 2016 would provide another crucial test in
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Transparency International finds perceptions of public sector corruption in Bulgaria largely unchanged
Bulgaria has again ranked 69th, this year out of 168 countries, in Transparency International’s latest annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which
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Bulgaria joins in marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Bulgaria joined in marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 2016, the day that commemorates the Nazi mass murder
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves further 34.1M leva for fence at Turkish border
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on January 27 2016 a sum of 34.1 million leva (about 17.4 million euro) for the extension
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Protesting Greek farmers threaten ‘indefinite’ blockade of borders after repeatedly obstructing Bulgarian, Turkish frontiers
Hundreds of Greek farmers blocked two border crossings with Bulgaria on January 27 in the latest in a series of
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Bulgaria to change Chief of Defence
Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on January 27 2016 to submit a proposal to President Rossen Plevneliev, constitutionally commander-in-chief of the armed
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Car of Plovdiv mayor’s wife burnt in early-morning arson attack
A car leased and used by Denitsa Toteva, spouse of Plovdiv mayor Ivan Totev, was burnt out outside the family
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Freedom House: Government dysfunction among Balkan countries, migrant crisis pressure on EU principles
The world was battered in 2015 by overlapping crises that fueled xenophobic sentiment in democratic countries, undermined the economies of
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