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Day: November 18, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes 2017 Budget Act at first reading

November 18, 2016November 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Despite the unravelling of Bulgaria’s government coalition and the resignation of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s cabinet earlier this week, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party tells President Plevneliev it will not try to form government

November 18, 2016November 19, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

The Bulgarian Socialist Party will not seek to form a government in the current Parliament nor will it propose members

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Bulgaria 

Third former minister indicted in Belene nuclear power plant investigation

November 18, 2016November 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Bulgarian prosecutors continued pressing charges in connection to their investigation into alleged mismanagement of the Belene nuclear power plant project,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians divided on benefits of EU membership for country

November 18, 2016November 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Just less than half of Bulgarians polled in an EU-wide survey see Bulgaria’s membership of the European Union as good

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria busts group smuggling migrants through Serbia to Western Europe

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

In a joint operation led by prosecutors from the north-western Bulgarian city of Vidin, officers from the Interior Ministry and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President dismisses reports that caretaker cabinet is ready for appointment

November 18, 2016November 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has denied reports that a caretaker cabinet is already being put together to take over from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors to request dismissal of ‘Lesovo 2’ customs officers arrested for bribery

November 18, 2016November 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General’s office is to request the dismissal of Lesovo border checkpoint customs officers arrested for bribery on November 2,

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Balkan Rakia Fest to be held at Sofia’s NDK December 2 – 4

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The fourth annual Balkan Festival of Rakia and Spirits is to be held at the National Palace of Culture, NDK,

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