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Day: September 9, 2016

Bulgaria World 

Portugal’s Guterres front-runner in race for next UN chief

September 9, 2016September 12, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Irina Bokova

The lengthy process to select a new U.N. chief took another step forward Friday, as former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio

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Europe 

Kyiv wins right to host Eurovision

September 9, 2016 The Kyiv Post Eurovision, Ukraine

It’s official: Kyiv will host the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian Organization Committee picked Kyiv over Odesa and Dnipro

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Bulgaria 

Political row over low-price sale of former royal stables in Sofia centre

September 9, 2016September 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the government’s chief inspectorate to investigate the office of the Sofia Regional Governor

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov discusses migration crisis with Orbán, Merkel and Vučić

September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency European migrant crisis, Serbia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has held a series of telephone conversations to discuss Europe’s migrant and refugee crisis with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expects further 100 Frontex staff to aid in guarding Turkish border

September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria expects a further 100 staff from European border agency Frontex to be involved in guarding its border with Turkey,

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Bulgaria 

September 9 anniversary of Soviet occupation again divides Bulgaria

September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

For some an occasion for rejoicing and for others an occasion for mourning, the 2016 anniversary of the September 9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian tobacco growers to block Makaza border checkpoint with Greece

September 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Tobacco producers from the Bulgarian towns of Haskovo and Kurdzhali said that they would block the Makaza checkpoint at the

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Europe 

European Parliament to next week debate recent developments in Poland

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 The Warsaw Voice European Parliament, Poland

The European Parliament will debate the controversial laws passed by Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party on Tuesday

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