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Month: March 2017

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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Europe 

Hungary approves detention for all asylum seekers

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Hungary’s parliament has approved a new law calling for all asylum seekers to be detained in camps along the country’s

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Europe 

Reactions to the ECJ decision on asylum law in EU

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

Uproar has greeted the European Court of Justice’s decision on asylum law in Europe. Last year, more than 5,000 people

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria summons Turkish ambassador over Ankara’s interference in parliamentary elections

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Ahmed Dogan, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Turkey’s ambassador in Sofia Süleyman Gökçe was summoned to Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 7 after Turkish cabinet minister Mehmet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian law enforcement busts people-trafficking organised crime group in Sofia

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Sofia

In a joint operation on March 7 by Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Interior Ministry and prosecutors, an organised

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Bulgaria 

Ninova: Bulgarian Socialist Party will try to form government whether or not it gets the most votes

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will attempt to form a government after the March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections whether or

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Business 

Bulgaria, Poland have EU’s second-largest proportion of managers who are women – Eurostat

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

The European Union country with the largest share of women in managerial positions is Latvia, the only EU country where women

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