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European People’s Party suspends Hungarian PM Orbán’s Fidesz party

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

Following a vote in the European People’s Party (EPP) Political Assembly, the membership of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor party Viktor

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Karadzic loses war crimes, genocide appeal

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 Deutsche Welle

A United Nations court in The Hague on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic

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Brexit: EU Council adopts contingency measures for ‘no-deal’ scenario

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The Council of the European Council adopted on March 19 a series of legislative acts as part of its contingency

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EC approves common training test for ski instructors across the EU

March 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said that it had on March 14 adopted a new common training test for ski instructors (CTT)

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MEPs vote to limit negative impact of no-deal Brexit on citizens

March 13, 2019March 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

To ensure the least possible disruption from a no-deal Brexit, members of the European Parliament voted on March 13 on

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European Parliament approves upgrade to Visa Information System

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Schengen

The improvements to the Visa Information System (VIS), agreed to on March 13 by members of the European Parliament, would

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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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