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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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Bulgaria 

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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Europe 

Hungarian ruling party leads in parliamentary election results

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 Deutsche Welle Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party Fidesz came away victorious in the April 8 2018  parliamentary elections, receiving 49.2 per

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Europe 

In Hungary election voters face choice of nightmares

April 6, 2018April 6, 2018 Deutsche Welle Hungary

Smiling politicians line Budapest’s grand avenues canvassing support ahead of April 8 elections. However, few are from Fidesz, Hungary’s ruling

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Bulgaria 

Hungary’s Orbán seeks Bulgarian EU Presidency’s help to change migration policy

February 19, 2018February 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Europe migrant crisis, Hungary, Refugees

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán brought his campaign against the EU’s migration policy to Sofia on February 19, underlining his

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