Bulgarian Parliament backs introduction of electronic voting
Bulgaria’s MPs approved on January 21 a resolution on the introduction of electronic voting in elections, with 136 votes in
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Month: January 2016
Public row erupts after reshuffle in Bulgaria’s top judiciary body
The decision by Bulgaria’s Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) to appoint a new representative has re-ignited a public row that has
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Two die in avalanche on Sofia’s Vitosha Mountain
Two people died in an avalanche on Vitosha Mountain above Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia, the Bulgarian Red Cross’s Mountain Rescue
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SDSM will not participate in Macedonia’s April 24 elections
The largest opposition party SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union), has decided last evening that it will not participate in the
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Greek farmers, worker unions, physicians rally against pension reform
The Greek government’s plans for pension reforms, the high taxation of farmers but also of self-employed (physicians, lawyers and others)
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Winter weather raises fears as thousands of refugees head to Europe
At the migrant and refugee registration center in Presevo, Serbia, a small girl wearing a pink coat screams with delight
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Bulgarian police ‘abuse asylum-seekers, migrants, force them back to Turkey’ – HRW
Bulgarian law enforcement officials summarily return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, often after stealing their belongings and subjecting them
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Construction of third metro line begins in Sofia
Sofia’s municipal company Metropolitan began construction on the third metro line in the Bulgarian capital city on January 20, with
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As Gazprom scraps another contract, Bulgaria still holds out hope on South Stream
Bulgaria’s government again re-iterated on January 20 its position that it has never been officially notified of the cancellation of
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