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Council of the EU proposes May 23-26 2019 as dates for next European Parliament election

March 20, 2018March 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

The Council of the European Union said on March 20 that it has put forth the period from May 23

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Bulgaria 

MEPs call on EU countries, including Bulgaria, to ratify Istanbul Convention

March 13, 2018March 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament have called on the 11 EU countries, including Bulgaria, that have not yet ratified the

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Europe 

European Parliament votes for review of daylight saving time

February 8, 2018February 11, 2018 Deutsche Welle European Parliament

European Parliament members voted 384 to 153 in a non-binding resolution on February 8 2018 to urge the European Commission

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Bulgaria 

Number of Bulgarian MEPs to be unchanged in post-Brexit European Parliament

February 7, 2018February 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit, European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament voted on February 7 to approve changes to the number of seats in the legislature

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament Greens call for stepped-up fight against corruption in Bulgaria, EU

January 24, 2018January 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, European Parliament, Media

A new report commissioned by the Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament says that much more ambition is

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Bulgaria 

Stability in Balkans responsible for stability in Europe, Bulgarian PM tells European Parliament

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, European Parliament

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU, used a January 17 address to

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Bulgaria 

Lost translation: Tajani quips that he’ll speak in Bulgarian next time as Parliament’s interpretation system fails

November 21, 2017November 23, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria EU presidency, European Parliament

A failure of the translation system in Bulgaria’s National Assembly left European Parliament President Antonio Tajani ad-libbing as technical staff

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Bulgaria 

European Brexit chief negotiator Barnier to visit Bulgaria in December 2017

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Brexit, Bulgaria EU presidency, European Parliament

Michel Barnier, the European Union’s chief negotiator on Brexit, is to visit Bulgaria in December 2017. This emerged in a

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Bulgaria 

Online petition calls for European Parliament to sanction controversial Bulgarian MEP Dzhambazki

July 23, 2017July 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament

Eleven days after it was launched, an online petition posted in Bulgarian calling for the European Parliament to sanction nationalist

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