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Month: February 2018

Bulgaria 

MEPs visit Bulgaria to inspect Frontex operations at Turkish border

February 12, 2018February 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria, European migrant crisis, Refugees, Turkey

Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee are on a three-day visit to Bulgaria to see first-hand how Frontex

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Bulgaria 

Education Ministry: 2% of Bulgarian pupils being home-schooled

February 12, 2018February 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 15 000 pupils in Bulgaria – about two per cent of the 717 000 in grades one to

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Bulgaria 

Foreign ministers from Athens and Skopje to discuss ‘name dispute’ in Sofia on February 15-16

February 11, 2018February 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Greece, Macedonia

According to IBNA’s exclusive information, the meeting of foreign ministers from Athens and Skopje, Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov, is

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Sport 

Mirza Basic wins Sofia Open title

February 11, 2018February 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bosnia’s Mirza Basic won seven matches in eight days to lift his first ATP Tour trophy after prevailing over Romania’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalists keep up attacks on Greens MEP Ska Keller

February 11, 2018February 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian far-right and nationalist politicians have continued verbal attacks on Greens MEP Ska Keller, even after the government distanced itself

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian far-right leader hints at early elections if Istanbul Convention is adopted

February 11, 2018February 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of the parliamentary group of the nationalist United Patriots – minority partner in the Bulgarian government –

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Bulgaria 

Three Nato ships conducting Black Sea patrols visit Bulgaria’s Bourgas

February 10, 2018February 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Nato

Three Nato ships currently conducting patrols in the Black Sea are visiting Bulgaria’s port city of Bourgas from February 9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President dismisses head of National Protection Service

February 9, 2018February 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has signed the decree dismissing the head of the National Protection Service Angel Antonov, the presidency

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Bulgaria Sport 

Bulgaria’s team of 21 in Pyeongchang as XXIII Winter Olympic Games open

February 9, 2018February 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A lavish ceremony with a cast of 2000 marked the February 9 opening of the XXIII Winter Olympic Games in

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