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Day: April 4, 2017

Europe 

Peaceful protests are acceptable, Serbian president-elect Vucic says

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Serbia is a democratic country and protests about elections results are acceptable as long as they are peaceful, prime minister

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Bulgaria 

Foreign diplomats among targets of illegal wiretapping in Bulgaria

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

A check by Sofia City Court found numerous breaches of Bulgarian legislation in the issuing of wire-tapping warrants in 2015,

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Bulgaria 

GERB, United Patriots agree that next government will have Boiko Borissov as Prime Minister

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Volen Siderov

The first official meeting between Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB and the nationalist United Patriots for talks on a coalition government

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian caretaker Defence Minister appoints new Permanent Secretary in latest personnel change

April 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian caretaker Defence Minister Stefan Yanev has appointed a new Permanent Secretary at the Defence Ministry, the top position at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Justice Ministry proposes banning foreign countries from financing religious groups

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Justice Ministry of Bulgaria, which currently is being run by a caretaker cabinet pending the formation of an elected

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Bulgaria 

Draft amendments could limit right of Bulgarians living abroad to vote

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry has made public draft legislative amendments that could effectively limit the right of Bulgarians living abroad to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev defends controversial scrapping of regulation on integration of refugees

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Europe migrant crisis, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has sought to defend the controversial scrapping of a government regulation on the integration of refugees,

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Bulgaria 

Donald Tusk in Sofia: ‘Our goal is to minimise the costs of Brexit for all EU citizens’

April 4, 2017April 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, Roumen Radev, Schengen

European Council President Donald Tusk, speaking during a visit to Bulgarian capital city Sofia, said that the country’s citizens only

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Europe 

NGOs: Unaccompanied refugee children at extreme risk in the Balkans

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

An estimated 1300 unaccompanied child refugees and migrants are at an increased risk of exploitation, violence and trafficking because of

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