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Day: February 13, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government asks Parliament to ratify North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol

February 13, 2019February 15, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Nato

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is to table for approval in the National Assembly the Nato accession protocol of the Republic of North

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approves proposed amendments to Foreigners Act

February 13, 2019February 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At a meeting on February 13, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved draft amendments to the Foreigners Act, which a government statement described

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, US investigating transfers of millions of euro from Venezuela to Bulgarian bank accounts

February 13, 2019February 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian with power-of-attorney was involved in a scheme involving transfers of millions of euro from state-owned oil companies in

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Europe 

Number of asylum applications in EU in 2018 dropped to pre-crisis levels – EASO

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The number of asylum applications in European Union countries in 2018 was 10 per cent lower than in 2017, dropping

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride condemns homophobic attack on woman in Bulgarian capital

February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Pride’s organising committee said on February 13 that condemns the attack on Galya Petkova in Sofia that was reported

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Europe 

Official: Name ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ comes into force

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The name “Republic of North Macedonia” for the former Yugoslav republic has come into force officially, in compliance with the

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Bulgaria 

Flights between Sofia and Brussels on February 13 cancelled because of strike in Belgium

February 13, 2019February 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Flights between Sofia Airport and Brussels Charleroi scheduled for February 13 have been cancelled because of a 24-hour strike in

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