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Month: May 2016

Europe 

European Commission proposes visa-free travel for Kosovo

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

The European Commission proposed on May 4 2016 to lift visa requirements for the people of Kosovo. In a statement

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Europe 

Protests in Macedonia against Ivanov, June 5 elections, continue

May 4, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of Skopje and other major cities in the Republic of Macedonia on

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Europe 

EU visa block threatens EU-Turkey migrant deal

May 4, 2016 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkish citizens could soon benefit from visa-free travel to Europe, as part of the deal between the EU and Ankara

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Europe 

New EU asylum rules could boost rightists

May 3, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

Struggling to cope with the largest migration crisis in recent history, the European Commission is due to release details of

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Bulgaria 

EU spring economic forecast re-iterates growth drop-off prediction for Bulgaria in 2016

May 3, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, macroeconomic indicators

European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 3, cut the economic growth estimate in the 28-country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Croatia, share views on migration, energy issues

May 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia

Bulgaria and Croatia share similar views on how the European Union should deal with the migration crisis, as well as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria could face more referendum questions

May 3, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria, already facing a referendum later this year on several questions of political reform, could face another – on questions

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Bulgaria 

Of optimism and the odds at the casino of chaos

May 3, 2016June 24, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

We are optimistic animals, we human beings, and that gives us an evolutionary advantage. Yet, in other respects, it is

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Europe 

Turkish MPs may be stripped of immunity

May 3, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Punches and water were thrown during a Turkish parliamentary committee meeting late Monday night before a bill that would strip

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