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Day: April 25, 2016

Bulgaria 

Election law row: Bulgarian PM to meet coalition government partners

April 25, 2016April 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is to hold talks on April 26 with the four parties in the governing coalition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s BEH contracts 535M euro bridge loan – reports

April 25, 2016April 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has agreed a bridge loan with three foreign banks worth 535 million euro, which it will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian carriers call off blockade of Greek border at Orthodox Easter

April 25, 2016April 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

A meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Transport Minister Ivailo Moskovski, road carriers and tour operators on April 25

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Bulgaria 

Sofia urban mobility centre management resigns after public procurement row

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

The management team of the Sofia city hall urban mobility centre has resigned, only days after the mayor of the

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Bulgaria 

Bus companies to protest in Sofia on April 26

April 25, 2016April 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bus companies are going ahead with a planned protest in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on April 26. More than 100

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reported 151 dangerous products to EU in 2015

April 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria reported 151 dangerous products as part of an EU-wide alert system in 2015, a report by the European Commission

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Bulgaria 

Fire at Bulgaria’s Arsenal munitions factory kills two

April 25, 2016April 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Two people died and a number were injured in a fire on the morning of April 25 at Bulgaria’s Arsenal military weapons

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians abroad petition against electoral law changes

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarians living abroad are protesting and petitioning against changes approved by Parliament to electoral laws that provide for polling stations

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Bulgaria 

Mitov: Schengen area needs to be kept as it is

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Russia, Schengen, Turkey

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Daniel Mitov gave an exclusive interview to IBNA. The head of Bulgarian diplomacy spoke

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