Siderov, Mareshki table resolution calling on Bulgarian PM to oppose EU sanctions against Hungary
The leader of the far-right Ataka party, Volen Siderov, and of Parliament’s smallest party, Vesselin Mareshki, have tabled a resolution
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
Frontex: Irregular border crossings into EU in January – August 2018 down 40 per cent
In the first eight months of 2018, the number of irregular border crossings into the EU via the top four
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Bulgarian Parliament legislates compulsory seatbelts in buses
Close to four weeks after the Svoge bus crash disaster in which 17 people died, Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on September
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Bulgaria prosecutors raid Sofia establishments in money-laundering probe
Special prosecutors raided two Sofia restaurants on September 14 in connection to an investigation into alleged money-laundering and illegal cigarette
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European Parliament votes in favour of lifting visa requirements for Kosovars
The European Parliament confirmed on September 13 2018 the mandate for negotiations with the Council on the proposal to waive
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Macedonian PM Zaev tells MEPs: ‘We dream of being a part of the European family’
Securing public and opposition support for both the name change and for the next steps required for the republic’s possible
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Wiesenthal Centre: ‘Roger Waters’ boycott campaign against 2019 Eurovision in Israel violates EBU mission statement’
In a letter to European Broadcasting Union (EBU) President, Jean-Paul Philippot, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Director for International Relations, Dr.
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Bulgarian Transport Minister-designate declines nomination, blames ‘attacks’ against him
Bulgarian Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev said on September 13 that he was declining his nomination to be Tranport Minister,
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Update: One sacked after new case of failed security screening at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport
An employee of the Sofia Airport security department was sacked as a result of the latest case of failure to
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