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Day: February 9, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria officially nominates Bokova as its candidate to be UN Secretary-General

February 9, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has sent the United Nations a formal letter nominating Irina Bokova as the country’s candidate to be

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Europe 

Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide dies in The Hague

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 VOANews Bosnia and Herzegovina

A Bosnian Serb general convicted of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity died in The Hague Monday evening, a

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Annual Bulgarian Archaeology exhibition opens on February 11 2016

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

The ninth annual national archaeological exhibition “Bulgarian Archaeology 2015” opens at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ National Institute of Archaeology

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Leisure 

Film review: The Danish Girl

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 Andre Crous of The Prague Post

The Danish Girl, this year’s much talked-about transgender movie, puts on a very strange face right at the outset, for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria seeks Council of Europe help in former CCB owner extradition case

February 9, 2016February 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 9 that it was seeking a hearing in the European Committee on Crime Problems

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Bulgaria 

Blockade at Greek border: Bulgaria seeks EU intervention, drivers mount counter-blockade

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria is continuing to try to exert pressure on the Greek government and to seek European Commission intervention to end

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s state energy holding to replace CEO

February 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on February 9 that it would ask the board of directors at the Bulgarian Energy Holding

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Business 

Bulgarian exports to Russia fell by close to 25% in 2015 – NSI

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s exports to Russia were down 24.7 per cent year-on-year in 2015 while imports from Russia decreased by 20.3 per

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Bulgaria 

Five Bulgarian Border Police face charges over bribes to assist people-traffickers

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

A group of five Bulgarian Border Police staff have been arrested in a special operation over allegations they accepted bribes

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