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A more powerful State Agency for National Security, recruitment of civilians to act as “civil guards” to assist police, a rethink of defence reform and the rehabilitation of diplomats who […]
Five people have been confirmed dead and four are missing as a result of the flooding that has devastated parts of the Czech Republic, a police spokes ...
Poland’s LOT national airlines resumed commercial flights of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner on Saturday after over four months after the jets wer ...
The Czech Republic government was set to hold an emergency meeting at 6pm on June 2 to address the impact of floods in the Western part of the country ...
A woman died in Třebenice outside Prague on June 2 when her house collapsed because of flooding and four people are missing after floods hit the Czech Republic, while homes […]
Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia saw a protest on June 2 against the new socialist Plamen Oresharski government, dubbed “Oligarchski” by participants, who also hissed and booed the headquarters of the […]
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is expressing deep concern at the violence that occurred in Istanbul and some other cities in Turkey, and regrets disproportionate use of force […]
Residents of Istanbul and Ankara woke up to a quiet morning Sunday as demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to have subsided for now. Thousands […]
Thirty-seven people were arrested in Bulgaria as part of a two-day operation in 17 European Union countries against organised metal thieves who operate all over Europe, and to the many […]
Bulgaria is among European countries where demonstrations have been held in solidarity with the protesters in major cities in Turkey. In Sofia, demonstrators holding placards gathered outside the Turkish embassy […]
