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Day: March 8, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: More pragmatism needed in work of Southeast Europe Cooperation Process

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Roumen Radev, Serbia, Turkey

At a meeting with ambassadors from seven Balkan countries in Sofia on March 8, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen

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Bulgaria preparing changes to rules on integration of migrants and refugees

March 8, 2017March 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Because of social tensions, Bulgaria’s caretaker government is preparing changes to the regulations and conditions for the integration of migrant

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has youngest first-time mothers in the European Union – Eurostat

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

On average, Bulgarian women have their first baby at the age of 26, making them the youngest first-time mothers in

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Bulgaria 

General Andrei Botsev takes office as Bulgaria’s latest Defence Chief

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former land forces commander Andrei Botsev took office on March 8 as Defence Chief – the third officer to

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Bulgaria 

Dutch scientific research ship Pelagia to study climate change in Black Sea region

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Dutch scientific research vessel the RV Pelagia will be in Bulgarian waters in March and April 2017, studying climate change

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opposes ‘two-speed Europe’ model, caretaker government says

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria wants the unity and integrity of the European Union preserved and opposes a model of a multi-speed Europe, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to join the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

March 8, 2017November 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet, at a meeting on March 8, approved the country’s accession to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The

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Bulgaria 

President Radev to present Bulgaria’s position on EC White Paper in Brussels

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev will present the country’s position on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s White Paper

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian municipalities ignore EU-funded refugee integration scheme

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

No Bulgarian municipality has applied to take part in an EU-funded scheme that provides funds to assist in integration of

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