European Parliament votes SAA with Kosovo
The European Parliament voted on January 21 2016 in favour of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the European Union
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Author: Independent Balkan News Agency
Almost extinct animals, killed by stray dogs in Romania
Huge financial efforts, determination and manpower dedicated to protecting a species that was close to extinction in Europe 100 years
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Hungary, Bulgaria hope for new direct Budapest – Sofia flights in 2017
Visiting Bulgaria on January 21 for meetings with government ministers, Hungarian foreign affairs and trade minister Péter Szijjártó said that
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SDSM will not participate in Macedonia’s April 24 elections
The largest opposition party SDSM (Macedonian Social Democratic Union), has decided last evening that it will not participate in the
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Greek farmers, worker unions, physicians rally against pension reform
The Greek government’s plans for pension reforms, the high taxation of farmers but also of self-employed (physicians, lawyers and others)
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Bulgarian police ‘abuse asylum-seekers, migrants, force them back to Turkey’ – HRW
Bulgarian law enforcement officials summarily return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, often after stealing their belongings and subjecting them
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Uncertainties about Macedonia’s elections, Hahn to arrive in Skopje in February
EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn is expected to visit Skopje again in mid-February, with a precise plan comprised of three
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President Plevneliev: Bulgaria is stable amid numerous crises surrounding it
A record number of crises and the interaction between them are making the world unstable, but Bulgaria’s economy has good
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Bulgarian FM Mitov backs tougher measures against economic migrants arriving in the EU
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov supports tougher measures against economic migrants arriving in the EU, he told reporters after an
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