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Day: May 5, 2016

Perspectives 

Getting Bulgarian railway tours on track

May 5, 2016May 10, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer tourism

Much about Bulgarian state railways BDZ seems to stop a bit short of the platform. It is not that BDZ

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling parties to hold more talks on election law changes

May 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Representatives of organisations of Bulgarians abroad emerged from May 5 talks with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov saying that they had

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Bulgaria 

More rain forecast for Bulgaria over long weekend

May 5, 2016May 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria heads into a second long weekend in a row with a weather forecast that predicts more clouds and the

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Europe 

Turkey’s PM Davutoglu to step down

May 5, 2016 VOANews Turkey

Turkey’s prime minister is reportedly stepping down from his role following a dramatic day in domestic politics. The ruling AK

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Bulgaria World 

Yom HaShoah marked, as Bulgaria remembers Jews murdered and Jews saved

May 5, 2016May 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Jewish community joined in marking Yom HaShoah 2016, commemorating the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, while also

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Bulgaria 

Fireworks over fireworks at Sofia cathedral at Orthodox Easter

May 5, 2016May 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Archimandrite Dionisii, dean of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, is no stranger to controversy. A

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Bulgaria 

Police, protesters hurt in clash in Bulgaria’s Radnevo amid ethnic tension

May 5, 2016May 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Three police and six protesters were injured in confrontations in the southern Bulgarian town of Radnevo as more than 2000

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Europe 

EU proposals on migrants draw fire

May 5, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

The European Commission has unveiled details of what analysts say is a desperate plan to deal with Europe’s severest migrant

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Business 

Daimler plans Mercedes engine plant in Poland

May 5, 2016 The Warsaw Voice Poland

German carmaker Daimler plans to invest about 500 million euro in a new engine production plant in Jawor in the Lower

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