ECB official warns EU candidate countries on risks of ‘unofficial euroisation’
A member of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board has warned candidate and potential candidate countries for EU membership
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Month: September 2017
Bulgaria’s GERB party remembers Holocaust victims in Rosh Hashanah message
After Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots parliamentary group provoked controversy with a message on Rosh Hashanah that attacked the “enemies of
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Eurostat: 685 first-time asylum-seekers in Bulgaria in Q2 2017
A total of 685 people became first-time asylum-seekers in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2017, EU statistics agency Eurostat
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Bulgaria’s long weekend weather – cloudy with a chance of rain
Bulgaria heads into a long weekend from September 22 to 24, which once again is expected to create traffic congestion
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Shalom organization of Bulgarian Jews irked by ‘Patriots’ declaration on Rosh Hashanah
The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria has responded with extreme concern to a declaration in Parliament by the
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Bulgarian government sets limits on movement of asylum-seekers
The Bulgarian government, at a meeting on September 21, imposed limits on the movements of asylum-seekers housed at various refugee
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Defence Minister: Jet fighters that Bulgaria gets should be new
The jet fighters that Bulgaria plans to acquire should be new, Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov said on September 21,
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Patriot games: Nationalists in Bulgarian Parliament make politics of Rosh Hashanah
The United Patriots, the grouping of nationalist and far-right parties that is the minority partner in Bulgaria’s government, made a
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EU survey: 76% of Muslims feel strongly attached to the European country they live in
Most Muslims in the European Union have a high sense of trust in democratic institutions despite experiencing widespread discrimination and
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