Socialist SDSM continues efforts to form a government in Macedonia while Gruevski’s party opposes
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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Month: March 2017
Bulgarian election commission bans showing of Mestan’s DOST video because of Turkish sub-titles
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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Bulgaria elections 2017: The week that was, March 12
With two weeks to go to Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, the past few days have seen matters
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Belene case Catholic priest: ‘Where are you, Patriarch Neofit? Where are you, Mr President Radev?’
Father Paolo Cortese, the Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after getting death threats for sheltering a Syrian refugee family,
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Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod names Bishop Grigorii as new Metropolitan of Vratsa
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, unanimously elected 47-year-old Bishop Grigorii on March 12 as the new
Read moreProtest held in Sofia over Roman Catholic priest recalled from Bulgaria after death threats for sheltering Syrian refugees
A group of Bulgarians from a civil society pressure group held a protest outside the Presidency in Sofia on March
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Labour inspectorate finds foreigners illegally employed at Bulgarian ski resorts
The Bulgarian Labour Inspectorate found numerous breaches of labour law at the country’s ski resorts, including the illegal employment of
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Bulgaria and Romania to hold talks in coming weeks on border crossings – caretaker PM Gerdzhikov
The governments of Bulgaria and Romania will hold talks in April at the latest on overall conditions regarding all border
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Bulgaria has expelled 472 non-EU nationals since the beginning of 2017 – Interior Ministry
Between January 1 and March 9 2017, Bulgaria sent a total of 472 third-country nationals – meaning non-EU citizens –
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