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The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has approached the Prosecutor’s Office to amend the country’s legislation to get tough on manifestations on racism and xenophobia. This was said […]
The European Commission considers that, based on the results of the Schengen evaluation process initiated in 2016, Croatia has taken the measures need ...
The Democratic Bulgaria coalition announced on October 22 that it was withdrawing its support for a mayoral candidate exposed the same day as having w ...
A total of 137 candidate mayors in Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 local elections were named by the Dossier Commission on October 22 as having worked fo ...
Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 27 2019, going back an hour to 3am. This signals the end of the annual Daylight Saving Time that […]
Bulgaria has moved a step closer to the end of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), put in place when it joined the EU, intended to bring it up to […]
For a second year running, the European Commission delivered a negative assessment of Romania’s efforts under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism in a report on October 22, noting that it […]
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission announced on October 22 that it had given permission to the Special Prosecutor’s Office to arrest five candidates in the local elections, including candidate mayors in […]
UK researchers, students and farmers should continue to get EU support in the event of a no-deal Brexit, under provisions adopted by the European Parliament on October 22. The European […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks with the new US ambassador Herro Mustafa on October 22, assuring her that Bulgaria and the US are allies and strategic partners, according […]
