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European Parliament: Russia ‘main source of disinformation in Europe’

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Russia

The European Parliament has strongly condemned Russia, China, Iran and North Korea’s increasingly aggressive actions, “which seek to undermine the

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OSCE-led report exposes violence against women in several Eastern European countries

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventy per cent of women polled for a survey led by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

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North Macedonia changes names of 136 institutions

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The government in Skopje has decided to change the names of 136 state institutions, by removing the “Macedonian” and “Republic

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Ethnic issues, foreign policy key in North Macedonia presidential campaign

March 4, 2019March 6, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The candidates who will stand in the Republic of North Macedonia’s April 21 2019 presidential elections have now been confirmed.

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EU moves to reduce costs of cross-border payments in euro

March 4, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the European Union said on March 4 that it had adopted a regulation on aligning the costs

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EU to enable easier recovery of unpaid road tolls

March 4, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Unpaid road tolls “could soon be history”, as the EU is setting up a new information-sharing system to enable member

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European Parliament committees back Romania’s Kövesi for European Chief Prosecutor

February 27, 2019March 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Two European Parliament committees have selected Romania’s Laura Codruţa Kövesi, the former head of the country’s anti-corruption prosecution, as their

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CEP study: Germany gains most from euro introduction

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Deutsche Welle euro zone

A new study from the Centre for European Policy in Freiburg has shown Germany to have gained “by far the

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A choice between EU and Russia in bad-movie Moldova vote

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 Deutsche Welle Moldova

The final days of Moldova’s current election campaign seem like a bad movie. On Thursday, Maia Sandu and Andrei Nastase, leaders of

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