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Month: October 2016

Europe 

Romania, France to conduct live fire Black Sea naval exercise on October 10

October 8, 2016October 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

An air and navy live fire exercise is scheduled for October 10 in the Black Sea, to be staged by five

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2016 presidential elections: The candidates in profile

October 7, 2016October 11, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

After the Central Election Commission refused to approve the registration applications of three, a total of 21 candidates are in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court overturns election commission decision on ‘media packages’

October 7, 2016October 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016, Media

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned a decision by the Central Election Commission (CEC) that limited state subsidies for election

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Bulgaria 

ID fraud accusations surface ahead of Bulgaria presidential elections

October 7, 2016October 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The start of the presidential elections and referendum campaign in Bulgaria has brought new accusations that personal identification numbers being

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Bulgaria 

Crime group counterfeiting millions of euro bust in Bulgaria, Slovenia

October 7, 2016October 7, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian authorities, in close co-operation with Europol, arrested eight suspects belonging to an international organised criminal group responsible for the

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World 

Portugal’s Guterres confirmed as next UN chief

October 6, 2016October 8, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews

The U.N. Security Council has formally endorsed Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres as the next U.N. Secretary-General. Following a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov rejects calls to resign over UN race failure

October 6, 2016October 8, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Irina Bokova, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has rejected opposition calls for his resignation over the failure of Bulgaria in the race

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: Turkey should remain a strategic partner of Europe

October 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkey should remain a strategic partner of Europe because no border police could cope with several million migrants, Bulgarian Prime

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Europe 

World Bank sees services sector reform as key to EU growth

October 6, 2016October 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

After the deep recession caused by the global financial crisis and the slow recovery in the aftermath of it, the

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