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Day: June 25, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Education Ministry orders changes after controversy over new school history books view of communist era

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Education has made recommendations for corrections to new 10th grade history textbooks after a controversy over the

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Europe 

New EU rules to protect children caught in cross-border parental disputes to come into force

June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the EU adopted on June 25 a revision of a regulation which sets out rules on the

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Bulgaria 

US, Bulgaria increase funding for Bulgarian Fulbright Commission

June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The governments of Bulgaria and the United States have decided to increase funding for the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission, a statement

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Ognyan Zlatev appointed as head of EC Representation in Croatia

June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on June 25 that it had appointed Ognyan Zlatev, currently head of the EC Representation in

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Bulgaria 

Traffickers ‘transported 30 to 40 migrants a week’ through Bulgaria to Western Europe

June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A human trafficking group bust by Bulgarian law enforcement had been trafficking about 30 to 40 people a week through

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Decision by end of July on cutting state subsidies for political parties

June 25, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

A decision will be taken by the end of July on how much to reduce state subsidies for political parties,

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Europe 

EU study: ‘No East-West divide in food products’

June 25, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An analysis of nearly 1400 food products in 19 European Union countries has found that nine per cent of the

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Bulgaria 

Asylum applications in Bulgaria down 31% in 2018 – EASO

June 25, 2019June 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

There were a total of 2535 asylum applicants in Bulgaria in 2018, a decrease of 31 per cent compared with

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