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Month: November 2017

Europe 

Bosnians welcome Mladic conviction, but justice unlikely to reconcile divided region

November 23, 2017November 24, 2017 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ratko Mladic, the former general in charge of Bosnian Serb forces during the Balkans war in the early 1990s has

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Europe 

Nato Foundation to hold conference on Western Balkans in December 2017

November 23, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato

At the beginning of December, Italy’s capital Rome will host a conference entitled “The Western Balkans at a crossroads”, organised

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament lengthens validity of EU Blue Card for work and residence to four years

November 23, 2017February 24, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 23 to approve the second reading of amendments to laws on the EU Blue

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Bulgaria 

European Court of Human Rights orders Bulgaria to pay record 462 000 euro damages in Plovdiv ‘Blue House’ case

November 23, 2017November 24, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Bulgaria to pay a record 462 000 euro damages to be distributed

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria-Macedonia governments meeting ‘proof of development of our relations’

November 23, 2017November 24, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

The November 23 joint meeting in Strumica of the governments of Bulgaria and Macedonia was proof of the development of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs amend law to expand border police powers

November 23, 2017November 24, 2017 Alex Bivol

Bulgarian Parliament passed amendments to the Interior Ministry Act on November 23 that would give the border police directorate of

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Bulgaria 

Nine agreements to be signed by Sofia and Skopje at joint government meeting

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Nine agreements are expected to be signed on November 23 in Strumica at the first joint meeting of the governments

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Europe 

Macedonia government ready to remove statues from Skopje, rename airport

November 23, 2017November 24, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

A list of statues and monuments that should be immediately withdrawn from Skopje’s city centre is in the hands of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria cuts red tape on certification of translations of documents from abroad

November 22, 2017November 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet adopted on November 22 changes to regulations that will enable all Bulgarian notaries to certify the signature of

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