First-time asylum applications in EU up 20% in 2023 y/y
In 2023, 1 048 900 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, up by 20 per cent compared with 2022 (873 700), European
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Month: March 2024
Bulgaria’s political crisis: Outgoing PM in televised appeal to GERB-UDF
A few hours after Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF announced that it was “all over” for negotiations on a new government, outgoing
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Bulgaria: GERB-UDF’s Maria Gabriel says she will withdraw candidacy to be Prime Minister
GERB-UDF’s Prime Minister-designate Maria Gabrield told a news conference on the afternoon on March 24 that she would on Monday
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Bulgarian military personnel, equipment to be on the move to take part in KFOR
In the last week of March and the beginning of April 2024, Bulgarian military personnel and military equipment will be
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EU imposes sanctions against Russia over Navalny’s death
The Council of the European Union decided on March 22 to impose restrictive measures against 33 persons and two entities linked to the sudden
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Nathaniel Copsey to be new UK ambassador to Bulgaria
Nathaniel Copsey has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria in succession to Dr Rob Dixon, ambassador since September 2020,
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EC proposes increased tariffs on Russian and Belarusian grain products
The European Commission (EC) is today proposing to increase the tariffs on imports into the EU of cereals, oilseeds, and derived
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EU in 2022: Fewer marriages, fewer divorces
About 1.9 million marriages and an estimated 0.6 million divorces took place in the European Union in 2022, according to
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Eurostat: Close to two-thirds of births in Bulgaria in 2022 were extramarital
Close to two-thirds of births in Bulgaria in 2022 were outside marriage, according to new data posted by European Union
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