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Day: January 11, 2018

Business 

Greece’s PPC close to an agreement to acquire energy trader and supplier EDS Group

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Macedonia

The Greek national power generation company, Public Power Corporation (PPC) within the framework of its business strategic planning, a main

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Bulgaria 

European Commission, Bulgarian government to hold joint session on January 12

January 11, 2018January 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency

Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission and the ministers of the Bulgarian government will have a joint session on January 12 at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s justice, interior ministers spell out EU Presidency priorities to European Parliament

January 11, 2018January 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency

Getting the new European Public Prosecutor’s Office operational, more efficient migration management and enhanced security for European citizens were among

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Bulgaria 

ECHR orders Bulgaria to pay more than 33 000 euro in ‘United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden’ cases

January 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Bulgaria to pay 33 220 euro in damages arising from cases brought

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police mull end to pay protests after government agrees to 100M leva salary boost

January 11, 2018January 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency

An early-morning meeting on January 11 between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and police trade union representatives produced an agreement

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Bulgaria 

Vote of no confidence in Bulgarian government over corruption to be tabled on January 17

January 11, 2018January 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will table its vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s coalition government

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Bulgaria 

European Court of Human Rights rejects application against Bulgaria over Dossier Commission disclosures

January 11, 2018January 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

A seven-judge chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has rejected unanimously a complaint by a lawyer against a

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: Protests as Bulgarian EU Presidency begins show ‘slave mentality’

January 11, 2018January 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Rossen Plevneliev

The sundry protests on domestic issues being held on January 11 as Bulgaria formally takes over the EU Presidency show

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