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Month: September 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Factfile

September 27, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

The official election campaign period for Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections began on September 27. The elections are

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Bulgaria 

Tsvetanov briefs EPP leader Joseph Daul on his new thinktank

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The president of the management board of the Euro-Atlantic Security Center (EASC) Tsvetan Tsvetanov and executive director Sofiya Petkova had

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Bulgaria 

Von der Leyen’s top European Commission team in danger of unraveling

September 26, 2019 Deutsche Welle

Ursula von der Leyen’s plans as European Commission president-elect received a jolt on Thursday as candidates to become commissioners from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: Palfreeman to remain in custody pending outcome of new court action

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Jock Palfreeman will remain in the Busmantsi temporary detention facility pending a ruling by the Supreme Court of Cassation on

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Bulgaria 

European Commission to support development of 13 Bulgarian research centres

September 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commission has allocated an additional 250 000 euro and its experts will provide support and guidance to 13 Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Greece busts group that recruited pregnant women from Bulgaria in illegal adoption scheme

September 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek law enforcement authorities, supported by EU police agency Europol, dismantled on September 23 an organised crime group involved in

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Bulgaria 

Thousands join protest march in Bulgaria’s capital against nominee Prosecutor-General

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Thousands of Bulgarians took part in a September 25 protest march in Sofia, the third in succession, against the sole

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva named new IMF managing director

September 25, 2019September 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, Kristalina Georgieva

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) selected on September 25 Kristalina Georgieva to serve as IMF Managing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The battle for Sofia has begun

September 25, 2019September 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The official campaign period in Bulgaria’s 2019 municipal elections begins on September 27, but in capital city Sofia, the race

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