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Day: April 21, 2018

Bulgaria World 

Bulgaria welcomes announcement by North Korea of suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency

Bulgaria welcomes as a positive signal the announcement by North Korea that it will discontinue nuclear tests and intercontinenal ballistic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian journalists say they self-censor while owners impose political policy – US report

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Media

There are persistent concerns about grave damage to media pluralism in Bulgaria caused by factors including corporate and political pressure,

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Bulgaria 

Anti-Semitic rhetoric appears regularly on social networks and media forums in Bulgaria – US report

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In Bulgaria, anti-Semitic rhetoric continued to appear regularly on social networking sites and as comments under online media articles, the

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Bulgaria 

US State Dept criticises Bulgaria on prisons, judiciary, corruption, people-trafficking and violence against minorities

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The most significant human rights issues in Bulgaria in 2017 included harsh conditions in prisons and detention facilities; lack of

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Perspectives 

Commentary: 4 factors that led to Turkey’s snap elections

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 Asli Aydintasbas of the ECFR Turkey

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has called snap elections at the request of his ultra-nationalist ally, the Nationalist Action Party

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