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Bulgaria Backs Increased Payments to Next EU Budget: Finance Minister
Current EU chair Bulgaria backs increased payments by member states to the next long-term European Union budget to maintain financing for infrastructure projects and farmers from 2021, its finance minister said on Friday.
General Practitioners in Sofia Protest In Front of the Ministry of Health
General practitioners (GP) in Sofia protest in front of the Ministry of Health.
The reason for the protest is the worsened working conditions in recent months. The main requests of the doctors are to reduce administrative activities and obligations, to pay for their social activities, to drop the reports with the notes of the cash receipts.
Greek minister quits after wife caught in benefit row
Greece’s Economy and Development Minister Dimitri Papadimitriou has resigned, an aide said yesterday, a day after his wife, a deputy labor minister, also quit in a row over a housing allowance.
Split Rocks Macedonia's Ethnic Albanian Besa Party
A growing rift inside the BESA party in Macedonia has resulted this week in two rival party congresses being set for February 24 - with each side insisting it has the right to lead the party.
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Albania Re-elects Football Chief Amid Controversies
Armand Duka, the head of the Soccer Federation of Albania since 2002, easily won a fifth term on Wednesday, after winning 38 votes out of 66 in the Federation's Assembly.
Duka easily defeated Bashkim Fino, former Prime Minister and MP for the ruling Socialist Party, in a battle that raised concerns about political intervention in sport.
Balkans Face Fight For EU Funds After Brexit
Central and East European EU member states face a battle to preserve lucrative EU funds for agriculture and social cohesion as Britain prepares to leaves the 28-nation bloc, and as the EU draws up a new post-2020 multi-annual financial framework, MMF, according to the Bertellsman Stiftung.
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Attack on Tavros post office and Syriza branch
Five unknown men attacked a Hellenic Post branch at the western Athens district of Tavros as well as the neighboring offices of the ruling Syriza party in the early hours of Friday.
The hooded men caused significant damage at the front of the post office using sledgehammers.
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Putin Signed the Increase in the Minimum Wage
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on raising minimum wage (MLP) to the minimum living level, transmits news.bg by referring to TASS. The document was published on the official legal information page on Friday.
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Return of pledge to raise minimum wage
As 2018 draws nearer, the government has repeated one of its main election promises that brought leftist SYRIZA to power in 2015, as Labor Minister Effie Achtsioglou left open the possibility of an increase in the minimum wage as soon as Greece emerges from its bailout program in August.
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US Sanctions 2 North Korean Officials Over Missile Program
The United States has sanctioned two North Korean officials known for their role behind North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's missile program, according to a notice posted to the U.S. Treasury Department's website on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
The men, Kim Jong Sik and Ri Pyong Chol, are known as two of the three people behind Kim's banned rocket program.