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Day: January 26, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria will host Junior Eurovision 2015 – official

January 26, 2015January 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will be the host of the Junior Eurovision 2015 song contest, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) director-general Vyara Ankova said

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic declared in Bulgaria’s Varna

January 26, 2015January 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

An influenza epidemic has been declared in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna, and schools will be closed from

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Bulgaria 

Facing downturn in Russian and Ukrainian tourists, Bulgaria plans to boost domestic tourism

January 26, 2015January 27, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

With unofficial estimates projecting a halving of the number of Russian and Ukrainian tourists to visit Bulgaria this year, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state railways plans purchase of high-speed trains for 210 million leva

January 26, 2015January 27, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian state railways BDZ plans to launch a tender for a contract to buy new trains capable of reaching speeds

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Europe 

SYRIZA – Independent Greeks form coalition government

January 26, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

“From this moment there is a government in the country. The ANEL are giving a vote of confidence to Alexis

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Bulgaria 

Brother of Bulgarian football star Berbatov handed suspended sentence on drug charges

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Assen Berbatov, the younger brother of former Manchester United striker Dimitar, was handed a suspended sentence of 14 months in

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Bulgaria 

Deputy Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament dies

January 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Rositsa Yanakieva, one of the deputy speakers of Bulgaria’s Parliament, has died at the age of 60. Yanakieva was a

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Europe 

Anti-austerity leftists winning Greek election

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 VOANews Greece

Greece’s anti-austerity Syriza party and its leader Alexis Tsipras appear headed to a decisive national election victory, in a vote

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Europe 

Polish President: Auschwitz tribute should not be politicised

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland, Russia, Ukraine

Polish President Bronisław Komorowski has said that the anniversary commemorations of the liberation of the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz

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