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Podcast: Use the (migrant) situation creatively

September 11, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, podcasts, Russia, Syrian refugees

  Bulgaria Now’s Lance Nelson and The Sofia Globe Editor-in-Chief Clive Leviev-Sawyer on the latest developments in Europe’s migrant crisis,

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Bulgarian PM Borissov discusses migration crisis with Serbian counterpart Vučić

September 10, 2015September 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov spoke on the phone on September 10 with Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić, discussing the migration

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Why do so many refugees avoid Bulgaria?

September 10, 2015September 15, 2015 Deutsche Welle Syrian refugees

An Arabic language “Refugee Handbook,” has ranked Bulgaria first among countries asylum seekers should avoid. Refugees have said xenophobia and

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78 parties, three coalitions to compete in Bulgaria’s October 2015 municipal elections

September 10, 2015September 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has accepted the applications of 78 political parties and three coalitions to stand in Bulgaria’s

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EC approves Greek – Bulgarian cross-border cooperation programme, to boost SMEs

September 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The European Commission (EC) adopted on September 9 a cross-border co-operation programme for Greece and Bulgaria which has as its

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BSP kicks Kadiev out of parliamentary group over Sofia mayoral bid

September 10, 2015September 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015

The Bulgarian Socialist Party voted on September 10 to expel Georgi Kadiev from its parliamentary group because of his announcement

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Bulgaria wants EU countries to toughen penalties for people trafficking

September 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

European Union countries should be obliged to dramatically increase penalties for human trafficking, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said.

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Political divisions in Bulgaria over commemoration of September 9 1944 communist takeover

September 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sharp political differences between left and right in Bulgaria were again exposed on September 9 2015, the anniversary of the

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Bulgaria adopts revised rules on undercover cops

September 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s cabinet has approved an ordinance on the tasks and organisation of the Interior Ministry regarding the use of undercover

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