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Romanian president signs decree to fire chief anti-corruption prosecutor

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has issued the decree to remove the country’s top anti-corruption prosecutor on July 9, ending a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia agree to work on linking up infrastructure

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Romania, Serbia

The leader of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia met for the fourth “quadrilateral summit” in Thessaloniki on July 4, where

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Europe 

The Black Sea is Romania’s ‘gold’

July 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Romania

Up to 6.3 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year is what the Neptun Deep field under the Black

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Europe 

Leaders of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia meet in Bucharest on April 24

April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Greece, Romania, Serbia

The third high-level quadrilateral meeting of the leaders of Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia is being held in Bucharest on

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Romanian embassy in Israel to be moved to Jerusalem

April 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Israel, Romania

The US is the US, but what happens when an EU member state decides to act divisively and disobey the

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Bulgaria 

Switzerland extends quotas on residence permits for Bulgarians, Romanians to May 2019

April 19, 2018April 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The government of Switzerland has extended until May 31 2019 the quotas on issuing category B long-stay permits to Bulgarian and Romanian

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Bulgaria 

Romania pushes Bulgaria into second place to claim EU’s highest road death rate in 2017

April 10, 2018April 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Bulgaria, which for a number of years has had the highest road death rate in the European Union, is now

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry advises against travel to several SE European countries as harsh winter weather moves in

February 24, 2018February 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning against travelling to several countries in the region because of freezing temperatures, strong

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Romania push to join EU’s Schengen Area

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 Deutsche Welle Romania, Schengen

Bulgaria’s foreign affairs minister, Ekaterina Zaharieva, has once again challenged the European Union over expanding the border-free Schengen Area. Not

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