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Day: November 11, 2015

Bulgaria 

Political row in Bulgaria over Ecumenical Patriarch continues

November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Greece, Rossen Plevneliev

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I may find himself waiting a long time, perhaps forever, before he gets invited to visit Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to pay Christmas bonuses to 1.2M pensioners

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria will pay Christmas bonuses of 40 leva (about 20 euro) to pensioners who get pensions of up to 300

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to increase price of road tax stickers to 97 leva a year from 2016

November 11, 2015November 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The price of Bulgarian annual road tax stickers for light vehicles will increase from its current 67 leva to 97

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Bulgaria 

Lufthansa flights at Sofia Airport cancelled on November 11 because of UFO union strike

November 11, 2015November 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Flights by German airline Lufthansa to and from Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport on November 11 were cancelled because of continuing industrial

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Europe 

EU offers African nations $1.8 billion to address migration

November 11, 2015 VOANews

A group of more than 60 leaders from Africa and the European Union are meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Malta

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament agrees to arrest of Ataka’s Siderov and Chukolov in national theatre academy case

November 11, 2015November 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 11 to agree to the arrest of Ataka’s Volen Siderov and Dessislav Chukolov in

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Europe 

Cyprus government satisfied with European Commission’s report on Turkey

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, Turkey

The Cyprus government is in general satisfied with the contents of the  European Commission report on Turkey, adding that it

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Europe 

EU criticises Turkey for failings on rights, rule of law

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 VOANews Turkey

The European Union criticized Turkey in a report Tuesday, saying the country has shortcomings in its democratic standards and has

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Bulgaria 

South African embassy in Sofia to host Tourism Day seminar

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The South African embassy in Bulgaria is to host a South African Tourism Day seminar on November 12 2015 at

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