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EC announces 12 000 additional free tickets available for 18-year-olds to discover Europe

October 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission announced on October 17 a second competition for 18-year-old EU citizens to win free tickets to travel

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European Parliament committee proposes ‘European Humanitarian Visa’

October 10, 2018October 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, European Parliament, Refugees

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the establishment of a “European Humanitarian Visa” for which asylum-seekers would

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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Nationalist parties win parliamentary election

October 8, 2018 Deutsche Welle Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalist parties will dominate Bosnia’s complex government in the next four years. Pro-Russian Serb nationalist leader

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Romania: Referendum to ban gay marriage fails on weak voter turnout

October 8, 2018 VOANews Romania

Too few eligible voters in Romania turned out for a two-day referendum that sought to prevent same-sex marriages by changing

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Romania referendum to change constitutional definition of marriage may be set to fail

October 7, 2018October 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Romania

A two-day referendum in Romania on changing the constitutional definition of marriage to narrow it to “the consensual marriage between

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Appellate Court confirms two-year prison sentence for Gruevski

October 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Appellate Court in Skopje dismissed an appeal by former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, as being “groundless”, against a ruling

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Final preparations for yet another ‘historic election’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina

October 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bosnia and Herzegovina

As the October 7 2018 election day approaches, the campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially in the Republika Srpska,

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Council of EU adopts new rules on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union

October 3, 2018October 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the European Union has adopted a regulation aimed at improving controls on cash entering or leaving the

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European Parliament approves new rules affecting broadcasters, video-on-demand and video-sharing platforms

October 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The European Parliament has voted on updated rules on audiovisual media services, which it says will protect children better, and

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