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Hungary has granted asylum to former Macedonia’s former PM Gruevski, he says

November 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Macedonia

“Today the Republic of Hungary, an EU and Nato member country, approved my previously submitted request for political asylum for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria insists it did not grant Macedonian former PM Gruevski a passport

November 15, 2018November 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Hungary, Macedonia

Bulgaria’s institutions have rushed to insist that the Republic of Macedonia’s former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, a fugitive in Hungary

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Europe 

Political row in Skopje over Gruevski’s escape to Hungary

November 15, 2018November 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Macedonia

The escape of the Republic of Macedonia’s former prime minister Nikola Gruevski to Hungary continues to be one of the

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Macedonian former PM Gruevski evades jail by fleeing to Budapest, seeking political asylum

November 13, 2018November 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary, Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia’s former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski – the subject of an arrest warrant after failing to report

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Bulgarian PM repudiates ministers over stance opposing sanctions on Orbán’s Hungary

September 20, 2018September 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Hungary

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has distanced himself from an announcement that the Cabinet would draft a position opposing EU

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Bulgaria 

Deputy PM: Bulgaria to defend Hungary against move to strip it of EU voting rights

September 19, 2018September 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Hungary, Krassimir Karakachanov

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is to draft a position opposing the European Parliament’s proposal to initiate proceedings against Hungary that if approved

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Bulgaria 

Siderov, Mareshki table resolution calling on Bulgarian PM to oppose EU sanctions against Hungary

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Hungary, Volen Siderov

The leader of the far-right Ataka party, Volen Siderov, and of Parliament’s smallest party, Vesselin Mareshki, have tabled a resolution

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Europe 

EU lawmakers vote to sanction Hungary for eroding democracy

September 12, 2018 VOANews European Parliament, Hungary

European Union legislators took the unprecedented step Wednesday to begin process of imposing sanctions on Hungary for presenting a “systematic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov congratulates Orbán on Fidesz victory in Hungarian election

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Hungary

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Viktor Orbán on the victory of his Fidesz party in the April 8

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