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Bulgaria has made progress in dealing with asylum seekers, Malmström says

March 25, 2014March 26, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Syrian refugees

Bulgaria has made progress in improving living conditions for refugees and more effort is needed to improve the situation of

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Bulgaria 

Sofia to begin repairs on Tsarigradsko Chaussee Boulevard on March 27

March 24, 2014March 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall has announced the traffic restrictions that will go into force on March 27 as a result of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President’s consultative council rejects Crimea referendum, stays quiet on sanctions

March 24, 2014March 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security said on March 24 that it supported Ukraine’s territorial integrity and that Bulgaria did

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Bulgaria 

About 63% of asylum applicants in Bulgaria in 2013 were from Syria – Eurostat

March 24, 2014March 26, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Sixty-three per cent of the total 7145 asylum applicants in Bulgaria in 2013 were from Syria, according to a report

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Rival protests as Bulgarian leaders meet on Ukraine

March 24, 2014March 24, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Rival groups of protesters gathered outside the Presidency office in central Sofia on March 24 as a meeting of the

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Bulgaria 

Malmström: Bulgarian-Turkish border fence no solution to systemic problems in managing migration

March 24, 2014March 25, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission, Syrian refugees, Turkey

Fences and walls are short-term measures that will not solve the systemic problems in the management of migration processes, European

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Bulgaria 

Protests in three Bulgarian cities against plan to build in Karadere nature area

March 23, 2014March 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

With chants of “keep your filthy hands off Karadere”, well more than 1000 protesters marched in Sofia on March 23

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Bulgaria 

Bishop Naum elected as new Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Rousse

March 23, 2014March 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rousse

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, on March 23 2014 elected Bishop Naum of Stob as the

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Bulgaria’s new election chief promises information campaign in English, German and French

March 21, 2014March 25, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

An information campaign to encourage people to vote in Bulgaria’s May 25 2014 European Parliament elections will be offered not

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