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Day: May 12, 2016

Bulgaria 

Deputy PM Donchev ‘possible’ replacement for Kalfin in labour post

May 12, 2016May 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The parties in Bulgaria’s governing coalition have given “full support” for the labour and social policy portfolio vacated by Ivailo

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament greenlights referendum after petition by TV host

May 12, 2016August 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on May 12 to approve the holding of a national referendum on five questions raised in

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Europe 

US, Nato to activate missile defence site in Romania

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 VOANews Nato, Romania

The US will switch on an $800 million missile defense site in southern Romania on May 12, a move likely

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM slams minority party for quitting government

May 12, 2016May 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has hit out at minority socialist breakaway party ABC for withdrawing its support for its

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Europe 

EU police agency Europol gets wider powers

May 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Parliament has voted to widen the powers of EU police agency Europol, including by obliging EU countries to

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Europe 

EBU slams Armenia for waving Nagorno-Karabakh flag at Eurovision

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Armenia, Azerbaijan

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has condemned Armenia’s Eurovision song contest team for the brandishing of a Nagorno-Karabakh flag during

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Europe 

Slovak interior minister defends shooting at people smugglers

May 12, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Europe migrant crisis, Slovakia

The actions of customs officials who were shooting at cars carrying migrants on May 9 near Veľký Meder (Trnava Region),

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