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Day: January 14, 2016

Leisure 

Film review: The Revenant

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

Few things are more dangerous than a man who has nothing left to lose. Interesting, then, that the first act

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Bulgaria 

Minority party threatens to back out of Bulgarian coalition government unless Bokova named UNSG candidate

January 14, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Georgi Purvanov, Irina Bokova

Georgi Purvanov, leader of minority socialist breakaway party ABC, has threatened to withdraw from his party’s deal to support Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM drops in on top judiciary body meeting after receiving SMS

January 14, 2016January 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov interrupted the weekly meeting of the Supreme Judiciary Council (SJC) on January 14, ostensibly to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs give first-reading approval to air passenger data being given to State Agency for National Security

January 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on January 14 2016 the first reading of legislation that will empower the State Agency for

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Bulgaria 

European Court of Justice finds against Bulgaria in Kaliakra conservation case

January 14, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Justice has ruled against Bulgaria in a case brought by the European Commission against the country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s first step to other Nato countries guarding airspace

January 14, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the first reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that will make

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Bulgaria 

Ousted MRF leader Mestan says he will sue those who accused him of espionage and treason

January 14, 2016January 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan, Turkey

Lyutvi Mestan, the ousted leader of Bulgaria’s third-largest party in Parliament, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), said on

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Bulgaria 

Sofia mayor steps up police patrols near refugee centre after residents complain

January 14, 2016January 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Sofia

Municipal police patrols near the refugee centre in the Bulgarian capital city’s Ovcha Kupel area have been stepped up after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria CPI records 0.4% deflation in 2015

January 14, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) recorded 0.4 per cent deflation in 2015, while monthly data from the National Statistical Institute

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