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Day: October 3, 2016

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At UN hearing, Kristalina Georgieva stands on record, results

October 3, 2016October 6, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgaria’s candidate to be the next UN Secretary-General, Kristalina Georgieva, emphasised her record in achieving solutions at the World Bank

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian presidential candidate says check on ‘chemtrails’ possible

October 3, 2016October 6, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Socialist Party presidential candidate and former air force commander Roumen Radev may have made a significant sortie into the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head in Plovdiv orders bells to peal in honour of PM, government

October 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s head in Plovdiv, Metropolitan Nikolai, has ordered bells in the diocese to peal in honour of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov says he will resign if his party’s presidential candidate loses first round

October 3, 2016October 5, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 3 that he and his government would resign on November 6 if

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria presidential race: Rivals like GERB candidate for all the wrong reasons

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgaria now knows who will be the largest political party’s candidate in the November 2016 presidential elections, and the nomination

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to test Civil Defence siren system at 1pm on October 3

October 3, 2016October 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Sirens will sound on October 3 at 1pm in 11 large cities in Bulgaria in a test of the Civil

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Europe 

Hungarians overwhelmingly rejected EU migrant quotas

October 3, 2016 VOANews Hungary

Hungarians overwhelmingly rejected the European Union migrant quotas for their country at a referendum Sunday called by Prime Minister Viktor

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