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Day: October 24, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Ready for snow clearing – and winter tourists

October 24, 2016October 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister is boasting of the country being ready to cope with snowy winter conditions – and the

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Leisure 

Wine lovers weekend in Plovdiv: Top five places to visit

October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 Bansko Blog Plovdiv

Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019, is my favourite city in Bulgaria. So John, a friend from the UK, and

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Bulgaria 

Mitov meets Boris Johnson: ‘Essential to guarantee rights of Bulgarian citizens who live and work in the UK’

October 24, 2016October 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Brexit

For Bulgaria, it is essential to guarantee the rights of Bulgarian citizens who live and work in the UK, Foreign

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Europe 

Belgium ‘not in a position to sign CETA,’ says prime minister

October 24, 2016 Deutsche Welle

The European Union’s hopes of signing a free trade deal with Canada later this week faded away on Monday when

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors seek to lift former energy minister’s immunity in Belene probe

October 24, 2016October 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has submitted a formal request to the National Assembly to lift the immunity from prosecution of GERB MP

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Fragment of 13th C mural showing St Peter found at Plovdiv’s Great Basilica site

October 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working at the site of the Great Basilica in Plovdiv, the largest early Christian church found on the Balkans,

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Europe 

Lithuanians vote for change, handing win to Farmers’ Union

October 24, 2016 VOANews Lithuania

Lithuanians voted for major change in parliamentary elections Sunday, handing victory to a farmers’ union that previously held only one

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