Majority of European Parliament votes to freeze EU membership talks with Turkey
The majority of lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday voted to halt membership talks with Turkey after Ankara’s post-coup
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Day: November 24, 2016
Bulgarian President concludes political consultations following Borissov government resignation
Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev concluded on November 24 a week of consultations with the National Assembly’s eight parliamentary groups following
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Bulgarian Parliament votes to make minimum 4mm tread depth on tyres compulsory from November 15 to March 1
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 24 to require motorists to use tyres with a minimum tread depth of four
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Bulgaria’s outgoing foreign minister criticises president-elect over statements on Crimea
Statements by Bulgarian president-elect Roumen Radev during his election campaign that it should be accepted that the Russian flag is
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Hundreds clash with police at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre
Hundreds of residents of the Harmanli refugee centre in Bulgaria clashed on November 24 with police and gendarmerie, who fired
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Bulgarian Parliament moves to bar glorification of communism
Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on November 24 the first reading of amendments providing for the removal of signs, slogans, photos and
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Lufthansa pilots strike to extend into third day, affect Sofia flights
For a third day running, the industrial action by German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit will result in the cancellation of
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Election campaign heats up in Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia’s VMRO-DPMNE, led by former PM Nikola Gruevski, is accusing the opposition leader, Zoran Zaev of planning to federalise the
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New missiles in Kaliningrad aimed at hindering Nato ships’ access – Lithuanian defence minister
The deployment by Russia of new missiles in its Baltic Sea enclave Kaliningrad is intended to limit NATO allies’ ships’
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