MEPs urge solidarity with Ukraine, sanctions on Russia after MH17 downing
European Union sanctions against Russia must be stepped up, the Ukrainian border closed to halt arms flows from Russia, and
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European Parliament approves Jean-Claude Juncker as new European Commission President
The European Parliament voted on July 15 to approve Jean-Claude Juncker as the new European Commission President, to begin a
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Barekov had highest income among Bulgaria’s new MEPs – declarations
Nikolai Barekov, the former talk show host who leads the populist Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party, is shown by his
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World Jewish Congress backs call by German FM for European Parliament committee to fight extremists
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has backed calls for the setting up of a special committee of the newly-elected European
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Bulgarian MEP Kovachev elected to senior post in European Parliament
Bulgaria’s Andrey Kovachev, an MEP for GERB and a member of the centre-right European People’s Party political group in the
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Schulz re-elected as European Parliament President
In its first sitting on July 1 2014, the newly-elected European Parliament voted to give Martin Schulz a second term
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The ins and outs of the new European Parliament political groups
The new European Parliament, to hold its first sitting on July 1 to 3 2014, will have seven political groups,
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Bulgaria’s MEPs take their places in European Parliament political groupings
The 17 MEPs elected by Bulgaria in the country’s May 25 European Parliament elections have taken their places in the
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European Parliament report: EC should consider stopping EU funds for Bulgaria
A sharply critical report adopted by the European Parliament on April 3 2014 calls on the European Commission to “seriously
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