Bulgaria and racism: Call for legislation to get tough
The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has approached the Prosecutor’s Office to amend the country’s legislation to get
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Day: October 22, 2019
European Commission: Croatia on the way to join Schengen
The European Commission considers that, based on the results of the Schengen evaluation process initiated in 2016, Croatia has taken
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Democratic Bulgaria quits support for mayoral candidate named State Security agent
The Democratic Bulgaria coalition announced on October 22 that it was withdrawing its support for a mayoral candidate exposed the
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: 137 candidate mayors worked for communist-era secret services
A total of 137 candidate mayors in Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 local elections were named by the Dossier Commission on October
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Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time on October 27 2019
Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 27 2019, going back an hour to 3am. This
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Bulgaria a step closer to end of CVM on judicial reform and fight against corruption
Bulgaria has moved a step closer to the end of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), put in place when
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Romania CVM report finds more evidence of backtracking on judicial reform
For a second year running, the European Commission delivered a negative assessment of Romania’s efforts under the Cooperation and Verification
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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: CEC gives permission for arrest of five candidates
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission announced on October 22 that it had given permission to the Special Prosecutor’s Office to arrest
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European Parliament adopts plan to keep 2020 EU funding for UK in no-deal Brexit scenario
UK researchers, students and farmers should continue to get EU support in the event of a no-deal Brexit, under provisions
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