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Day: April 22, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force plans training flights ahead of May 6 parade

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The Bulgarian Air Force will carry out practice flights over Sofia on May 3, 4 and 5 2016 ahead of

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Bulgaria 

Another day of drama over Bulgaria’s election law changes

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Parliament’s second day of voting on the second reading of changes to the country’s election laws saw sundry

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian – Greek border blockade ‘will lose tourist industry 50 million euro’

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

If the blockade of the Bulgarian – Greek border planned by Bulgarian lorry drivers over the Orthodox Easter holidays goes

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MP, deputy Sofia mayor resign over public procurement row

April 22, 2016April 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The deputy mayor for transport in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia, Lyubomir Hristov, and an MP for the country’s ruling

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Europe 

Huge embarrassment as Romania gets axed from Eurovision

April 22, 2016April 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania has been excluded from the Eurovision music contest over unsolved financial issues with the official broadcaster of the show.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church: Besides the Orthodox Church ‘there are no other churches, only heresies and schisms’

April 22, 2016May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, the church’s governing body, has adopted hard-line policy positions ahead of the Pan-Orthodox Council

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Europe 

Protests continue in Skopje

April 22, 2016April 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Two massive protests were held on the night of April 21 in Skopje, with a strong police presence. On one hand

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