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Month: October 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2017 Budget

October 31, 2016October 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved the 2017 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, holding at a special meeting on October 31,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Daily roundup, October 31

October 31, 2016November 2, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Monday October 31 finds Bulgaria’s 21 presidential candidates in the final week ahead of what is likely to prove to

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Bulgaria 

After blocking border crossings, Bulgarian transport drivers threaten further protests

October 31, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Traffic at Bulgarian border checkpoints including Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo was blocked for two hours by protesting lorry transport drivers

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 road death toll reaches 589 at end of October

October 31, 2016November 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 589 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria since the start of 2016, the Interior Ministry

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Europe 

Moldova faces presidential runoff

October 31, 2016 Deutsche Welle Moldova

Moscow-friendly Socialist Igor Dodon on Sunday garnered nearly 49 percent of the vote in Moldova’s first direct presidential election in

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Europe 

EU-Canada sign long-delayed trade agreement

October 30, 2016 VOANews

The European Union and Canada signed a long-delayed landmark free trade agreement Sunday in Brussels aimed to boost growth and

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria elections 2016: The wrap of the week that was, October 30

October 30, 2016November 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

In the week ending on October 30, Bulgaria’s Parliament approved last-minute changes to electoral laws, the government played cut-price Father

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police arrest two over illegal dog fighting in Plovdiv

October 30, 2016October 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgarian police have arrested two men in connection with illegal dog fighting involving pitbulls in the northern industrial zone of

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Europe 

The Republic of Moldova at a crossroads

October 30, 2016 Deutsche Welle Moldova

The Republic of Moldova will elect a new president on Sunday. Now, for the first time in 15 years, it

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