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Day: March 13, 2017

Bulgaria 

EC invites Eastern European member states to weigh in on Gazprom anti-trust settlement proposal

March 13, 2017March 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The European Commission said on March 13 that it has asked eight Eastern European member states for comments on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria elections 2017: From populism to polling stations to poverty and an epilepsy epidemic

March 13, 2017March 15, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

At the beginning of the final two weeks ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections, politicians continued criss-crossing the country

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Bulgaria 

Thousands of migrants ‘disappear’ from Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, refugee agency centres – report

March 13, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Thousands of migrants have “disappeared” from Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry distribution centres and State Agency for Refugees camps in the past

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Leisure 

Bulgaria names Kristian Kostov as its contestant in Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv

March 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Bulgarian young pop star and X Factor finalist Kristian Kostov is to represent the country at the Eurovision song contest

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Europe 

Socialist SDSM continues efforts to form a government in Macedonia while Gruevski’s party opposes

March 13, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Political parties that have secured a majority in parliament to form a new government in the Republic of Macedonia have said that they

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian election commission bans showing of Mestan’s DOST video because of Turkish sub-titles

March 13, 2017March 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has banned the showing of an election campaign video by Lyutvi Mestan’s DOST party because

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