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Day: April 26, 2016

Europe 

In sign of support, US deploys F-22 fighter jets in Romania

April 26, 2016 VOANews Nato, Romania

The United States deployed F-22 fighter jets to Romania as a sign of military support for NATO’s eastern European allies

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s governing coalition backtracks on some controversial election law changes

April 26, 2016April 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

An April 26 emergency meeting involving Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and representatives of parties in the country’s governing coalition has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prosecutes UK expat over internet child porn

April 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecutor’s Office in the Bulgarian Black Sea town of Byala has lodged charges in court against a 52-year-old

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Bulgaria 

EC approves 368M euro for Sofia Metro expansion

April 26, 2016April 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, Sofia

The European Commission said on April 26 that it has approved the allocation of 368 million euro from the European

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Bulgaria 

German airport personnel strike to affect eight Sofia flights on April 27

April 26, 2016April 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of eight direct flights between Sofia and the German airports of Frankfurt and Munich on April 27 have

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euro notes in a shopping trolley
Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines retailer Lidl 1.87M leva

April 26, 2016April 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on April 26 that it has fined retailer Lidl 1.87 million leva

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Central Railway Station revamp: Swanky interior, skanky English

April 26, 2016April 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The modernised Sofia Central Railway Station reopened on April 26 after a 62 million leva revamp which apparently did not

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Europe 

30 years on, Chernobyl still leaks radiation

April 26, 2016April 26, 2016 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Ukraine

Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, when an explosion at the power plant near the town

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Europe 

Polish former presidents accuse government of destroying democracy

April 26, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Three former Polish presidents signed an open letter published Monday on the front page of the Gazeta Wyborcza daily saying

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