Sociology
Juncker’s EU commission team set for parliamentary green light
Jean-Claude Juncker’s team of European Union commissioners is poised to win parliamentary approval Wednesday, allowing the handover of EU executive power to take place as scheduled on Nov. 1 amid simmering economic and foreign-policy troubles.
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Bulgarian Doctors, Teachers Suffer Highest Levels of Work Related Stress
Doctors and teachers have the most stressful jobs in Bulgaria, according to a national survey of the General Labor Inspectorate conducted last year.
Journalists complete the top three most stressful professions in the country.
Trial of GD members accused of 2012 attack postponed to April
The trial of two Golden Dawn members, accused of attacking anti-fascist activists in Piraeus two years ago, was due to begin on Monday but has been postponed until April next year.
The court postponed the trial after deeming that one of the two suspects had not been summoned properly. The other is already in pretrial custody as part of the main judicial probe into the neo-Nazi party.
Miscevic: Relations with Moscow not to slow down start of EU
BELGRADE - The discrepancy between the foreign policies of Serbia and the EU will not slow down the European integration process and opening of the first chapters in the negotiations, said Tanja Miscevic, head of Serbia's negotiating team in the EU accession talks.
Greece prosecutor seeks trial for 70 Golden Dawn members
A Greek public prosecutor has recommended that 70 members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn movement, including 18 deputies elected to the country's parliament in 2012
TOMA company shares jump 20 percent after Turkish PM vows to buy 10 for each one destroyed
The infamous riot control vehicles with water cannons, popularly known as TOMAs, are not only good for Turkey’s security, but also apparently for its economy
Plenty more work on tolerance in society needed
BELGRADE - A meeting of the European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET), which is an organisation of 41 institutions from 30 countries in Europe, started in Belgrade on Thursday.
Commissioner for Protection of Equality Nevena Petrusic said Serbia had done a lot, but that more work was needed to turn it into a democratic, open and tolerant society.
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The CHP’s position on a knife-edge
A primary indicator of democracy is the presence of an opposition. The strength of that opposition and its ability to work freely are crucial for a healthy democracy, and the fact that the opposition can provide an alternative safeguards the hope for democracy.
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Bulgaria Joins Case Against Minimum Alcohol Price In Scotland
Bulgaria joins the case in the European Court of Justice against the minimum alcohol price in Scotland, reports Dnevnik.bg, quoting a statement of the Government press office.
European Commission approves Romanian green certificate reduction for energy-intensive users
The European Commission has found on Wednesday that the Romanian green certificate reduction scheme, reducing the contributions of certain energy-intensive users to the financing of renewable energy, is in line with EU state aid rules, the EU executive said in a press release.