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Bulgaria warns of delays as Romania tightens border controls

November 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

People crossing at border checkpoints with Romania should expect delays after Bucharest ordered tightened border controls, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said

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Eastern Europe is concerned about its own security

November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 Deutsche Welle Boiko Borissov, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia

More and more Europeans are linking the latest surge of Islamist terrorist attacks to the mass refugee influx in Europe.

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Europe 

Romania’s technocrat cabinet wins confidence vote in parliament

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A week after Romania’s former European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos was nominated to form a technocrat cabinet, the two chambers of

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Europe 

Romanian president nominates former EU commissioner to form technocrat cabinet

November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis formally nominated former European commissioner Dacian Ciolos to form the next cabinet, saying that the country

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Europe 

Death toll from Romanian nightclub fire rises to 41

November 8, 2015November 8, 2015 VOANews Romania

Nine more victims who were burned in last week’s horrific nightclub fire in Bucharest died Saturday in hospitals, bringing the

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Europe 

Romanian president names interim PM ahead of talks with parties

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis named Sorin Cimpeanu, the education minister in the outgoing government of Victor Ponta, as interim prime

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Fatal fire response latest in long list of grievances against Romania’s Ponta

November 4, 2015May 10, 2024 Alex Bivol Romania

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned on November 4 following large protests against the authorities’ response in the aftermath of

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Europe 

Romanian PM to resign over nightclub tragedy

November 4, 2015November 5, 2015 VOANews Romania

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta is resigning in response to protests demanding he step down after a nightclub fire resulted

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Europe 

Thousands demand Romanian PM resign after deadly nightclub fire

November 4, 2015 VOANews Romania

Thousands marched through central Bucharest Tuesday demanding several senior officials resign after a nightclub fire killed 32 young concert goers

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