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EC welcomes FCC decision to allow use of EU’s Galileo system in US

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

European commissioner for the internal market, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, welcomed the decision of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow

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Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia in top five EU net personal transfer recipients in 2017

November 15, 2018November 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Greece, Romania, Serbia

The three European Union member states in south-eastern Europe were among the largest net recipients of personal transfers in the

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Political row in Skopje over Gruevski’s escape to Hungary

November 15, 2018November 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Macedonia

The escape of the Republic of Macedonia’s former prime minister Nikola Gruevski to Hungary continues to be one of the

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EU proposes new rules to strengthen security of ID cards of citizens and non-EU family members

November 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the European Union has agreed to a proposal that would see strengthened security of identity cards of

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Who helped Macedonia’s former PM Gruevski escape to Hungary?

November 14, 2018November 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The foreign ministry and interior ministry in Skopje have now confirmed that former Prime Minister of the country, Nikola Gruevski,

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Romania CVM report full of red ink ahead of EU presidency

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Romania

The European Commission delivered a scathing assessment of Romania’s efforts under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism in a report on

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Macedonian former PM Gruevski evades jail by fleeing to Budapest, seeking political asylum

November 13, 2018November 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary, Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia’s former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski – the subject of an arrest warrant after failing to report

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Number of EU nationals working in UK sees sharpest drop since records began

November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The number of nationals working in the UK from the eight Eastern European countries that joined the EU in 2004

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Skopje court issues arrest order for former PM Gruevski

November 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Criminal Court in the Republic of Macedonia’s capital Skopje issued on the afternoon of November 12 a warrant for

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