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Day: May 19, 2015

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former caretaker interior minister appointed to head Military Intelligence

May 19, 2015May 21, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev told reporters on May 19 that he was appointing Yordan Bakalov, who was interior minister

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Bulgaria 

New British ambassador Hopkins presents credentials to Bulgarian President on May 19

May 19, 2015October 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Emma Hopkins, the UK ambassador to Bulgaria, presented her credentials to Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev on May 19 2015. A

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Bulgaria 

EU ministers approve Plovdiv as European Capital of Culture 2019

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

In what was largely a formality, European Union culture ministers approved on May 19 the naming of Plovdiv as European

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Business 

New car sales in Bulgaria rise in 2015 – ACEA

May 19, 2015May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

New car sales in Bulgaria were 8.2 per cent higher in January to April 2015 than in the first four

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Bulgarian dig finds 8000-year-old ‘double-storey’ houses

May 19, 2015May 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists say that they have found 60 houses from a Neolithic settlement, estimated to date back 8000 years, that

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Bulgaria 

Probe continues into ‘explosive device’ on Bulgarian bus in Budapest

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Investigations are continuing into the case of a Bulgarian bus that was en route from Prague to Varna and on

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Bulgaria 

Poland’s incumbent president Komorowski regains narrow lead over rival Duda – poll

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

The early take in the media analysis of the first debate between Poland’s incumbent president Bronislaw Komorowski and his rival Andrzej Duda,

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Europe 

Thousands stage counter-protest in Macedonia

May 19, 2015 VOANews Macedonia

Tens of thousands of Macedonians turned out Monday to support Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski’s government in a counter-protest after opposition

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