Pace of granting Bulgarian citizenship slowed
Official statistics for the years 2001 to 2013 again have confirmed a well-known trend, of people from Macedonia topping the
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Author: Independent Balkan News Agency
More Golden Dawn MPs imprisoned
Three MPs of Greece’s neo-Nazi party “Golden Dawn” were remanded in custody on January 11 2014 pending trial on charges
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Controversy over Bulgaria’s draft Penal Code deepens further
As human rights lawyers and political critics sift further through the draft proposed new Penal Code, new controversies continue to
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Bulgaria’s proposed new Penal Code ‘will block investigative journalism’
Controversial proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s Penal Code will put an end to anti-corruption investigative journalism, new reports say, in the
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Suspect Hellenic Postbank loans probed; arrest warrants issued
Arrest warrants for more than twenty people were issued on the night of January 8 2014 in connection with loans
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Hungary sets up program to buy land in Romania’s Transylvania
The Hungarian government is drafting a program through which to buy plots of land in Transylvania, one of Romania’s historical
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Bulgaria’s draft Penal Code amendments under fire
Draft amendments to Bulgaria’s Penal Code have come under fire from human rights groups and minority political parties on a
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Former Romanian PM gets second prison term
Former Romanian PM Adrian Nastase (2000-2004) was sentenced on January 6 2014 to a further four years in prison for
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Romania’s Basescu calls for internal debate on union with Moldova
Romanian president Traian Basescu called on January 6 2014 for an internal debate on union with the Republic of Moldova,
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