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Day: November 19, 2016

Bulgaria Leisure 

Annual IWC Sofia Charity Bazaar to be held on December 4 2016

November 19, 2016November 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The 22nd annual International Women’s Club Sofia Charity Bazaar is to be held on December 4 2016 from 10.30am to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch backs initiative against same-sex marriages in EU

November 19, 2016November 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit has sent a letter of support for an initiative that insists on a uniform definition

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Perspectives 

Patrick Brigham: Greece on the internet

November 19, 2016 The Balkan News Magazine Greece

It is not a language difficulty nor is it an inability for me to comfortably use the internet – after

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Bulgaria 

Sofia police announce security measures as anti-migrant marches planned

November 19, 2016November 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Police in the Bulgarian capital Sofia have announced strict security measures because of two marches planned by ultra-nationalists in the

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Europe 

Election campaign in Republic of Macedonia starts on November 21

November 19, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Campaigning ahead of the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Macedonia is expected to start on November 21, and the

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Bulgaria People 

Bulgaria’s Mutafova, 94, bids for Guinness record for oldest working actress

November 19, 2016November 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An official application has been submitted for 94-year-old Bulgarian Stoyanka Mutafova to be named by the Guinness Book of Records

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Bulgaria 

5 Richter scale earthquake near Greece’s Thessaloniki felt in Bulgaria

November 19, 2016November 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

An earthquake in the early hours of November 19 and measuring five on the Richter scale, epicentred about 40km north

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