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Month: April 2016

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Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson at Plovdiv’s Ancient Theatre on September 3

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame is to perform at Plovdiv’s Ancient Theatre on September 3 2016, in a concert

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs adopt bill to make public CCB consultants report

April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Amendments to the bank insolvency law, passed by Bulgaria’s Parliament at second reading on April 14, require receivers to make

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian to Macedonian president: Corruption should be investigated, not amnestied

April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has telephoned his counterpart in Skopje, Gjorge Ivanov, to express his country’s concerns about the political

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Europe 

European Parliament approves handovers of air passenger name data

April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Parliament voted by a large majority on April 14 2016 to approve a new directive on Passenger Name

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s top judiciary body splits into separate colleges

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council approved on April 14 a decision of how to distribute its current members into the new

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv mayor backs burqa ban proposal

April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The mayor of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, says that he personally supports banning the burqa in public places but it

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Europe 

Macedonia crisis: Bulgaria urges dialogue, end to violence

April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has called on political leaders in Macedonia to resume political dialogue on solutions to the

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Bulgaria 

US: Marginalisation of Roma most pressing human rights problem in Bulgaria

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

The marginalisation of and societal intolerance towards the Romani minority remained Bulgaria’s most pressing human rights problem, the US State

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria unveils proposals to boost cybersecurity

April 14, 2016April 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

In the aftermath of a series of cyber attacks on state websites, Bulgarian leaders have adopted 10 recommendations for improving

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