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Month: February 2017

Bulgaria 

Another controversial ‘Lukov March’ honouring World War 2 general planned for Sofia

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Far-right activists in Bulgaria are planning to hold their annual “Lukov March” in capital city Sofia on February 18, honouring

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria 2017 elections: Former justice minister’s Yes Bulgaria urgently gathering signatures to register as coalition

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Yes Bulgaria, the anti-corruption and pro-judicial reform political party founded by former justice minister Hristo Ivanov, was holding an urgent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Appeals in court attempt to block former justice minister’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ party

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, judiciary

Three appeals in court against the registration of former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s Yes Bulgaria (Да, България!) political party could

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Bulgaria 

President Radev: Risk to European citizens unless Bulgaria given access to Schengen Information System

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

There is no way for Bulgaria to effectively protect Europe’s external borders unless it is given access to the Schengen

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Bulgaria 

German president tells Bulgaria’s Radev: Legal certainty one of most important preconditions for investment

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Legal certainty is one of the most important preconditions for investment – also for further investments from Germany, Bulgarian President

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Bulgaria 

European Commission gives Bulgaria further 6.1M euro to support migration management

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The European Commission has awarded a further 6.1 million euro in emergency funding to support migration management in Bulgaria, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian carriers irked by repeated delays at border checkpoint with Turkey

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s union of international carriers has lashed out at the country’s authorities over repeated long delays at the Kapitan Andreevo

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Europe 

Macedonian political parties yet to reach deal on new government

February 6, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

It has been a week since the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, failed to create a new government, while political parties

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s March 2017 elections: Nationalist ‘United Patriots’ coalition lodges registration application

February 5, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The “United Patriots” coalition, a cluster of nationalist and far-right parties that stood together in Bulgaria’s November 2016 presidential elections,

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