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Day: September 13, 2018

Europe 

European Parliament votes in favour of lifting visa requirements for Kosovars

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

The European Parliament confirmed on September 13 2018 the mandate for negotiations with the Council on the proposal to waive

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Europe 

Macedonian PM Zaev tells MEPs: ‘We dream of being a part of the European family’

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Securing public and opposition support for both the name change and for the next steps required for the republic’s possible

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Leisure World 

Wiesenthal Centre: ‘Roger Waters’ boycott campaign against 2019 Eurovision in Israel violates EBU mission statement’

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision, Israel

In a letter to European Broadcasting Union (EBU) President, Jean-Paul Philippot, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Transport Minister-designate declines nomination, blames ‘attacks’ against him

September 13, 2018September 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev said on September 13 that he was declining his nomination to be Tranport Minister,

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Bulgaria 

Update: One sacked after new case of failed security screening at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport

September 13, 2018September 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An employee of the Sofia Airport security department was sacked as a result of the latest case of failure to

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Europe 

European Parliament takes aim at dual standards in consumer products between Western and Eastern Europe

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

If a firm sells a product EU-wide, but with compositions that differ between countries, it must not label and brand

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria presses terrorism, weapons smuggling charges against Swiss citizen who tried to reach Idlib

September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Special Prosecutor’s office has pressed charges of terrorism and arms smuggling against a Swiss citizen who attempted to cross

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on Administrative Procedure Code amendments

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs voted on September 13 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on the bill of amendments to the Administrative

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Europe 

EU extends Russia sanctions to March 2019

September 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union has prolonged the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty

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