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Bulgaria: ‘Explicit and visible’ commitment by EU needed for territorial integrity of Macedonia

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Macedonia

An explicit and visible commitment by the European Union is needed to ensure the preservation of the territorial integrity of

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Bulgaria, Croatia back territorial integrity of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia

Bulgaria and Croatia will defend the territorial integrity of all the countries in the region, including Macedonia and Bosnia and

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Politics seen as behind ethnic clash in Bulgaria’s Garmen municipality

May 25, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Political tensions and instigators are behind the ethnic clash between Bulgarians and Roma in Bulgaria’s Garmen municipality, it has been

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Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey sign agreement on police and customs co-operation

May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Turkey

The interior ministers of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey signed on May 25 an intergovernmental agreement on police and customs co-operation

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Borissov has no intention of fighting corruption – Romanian former justice minister

May 25, 2015May 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has no intention of fighting corruption, according to Romanian MEP Monica Macovei, a former justice

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Bulgaria to repair 7M leva Turkish border fence, tilting after less than a year

May 25, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Bulgaria will repair its seven million leva (about 3.5 million euro) 30km fence at the border with Turkey, tilting in

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Plovdiv celebrates official European Capital of Culture status with concert, release of 2019 balloons

May 23, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv celebrated on May 23 its official naming by EU culture ministers earlier in the week as

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Bulgarian Food Safety Agency chief dismissed

May 23, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Acting on a recommendation by Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov dismissed Plamen Mollov as head of the

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Eastern Europe should not have to choose between EU and Russia

May 22, 2015May 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Eastern European countries should not be faced with the dilemma of choosing between the EU and Russia, Bulgarian Prime Minister

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