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Day: November 22, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing Defence Minister expects to face charges over MiG-29 engines deal

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland

Nikolai Nenchev, Defence Minister in Boiko Borissov’s outgoing government, said on November 22 that he expected to face criminal charges

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Bulgaria 

Strike causes cancellations of five Lufthansa flights at Sofia Airport on November 23

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Industrial action by the pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit has prompted the cancellation of five Lufthansa flights from Sofia Airport on

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev’s consultations with parties leave Bulgaria no closer to a government

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev continued his series of consultations with political parties on November 22, in an

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria elections 2017: Borissov is vulnerable over political decisions, less so the economy

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

If ever there was a good time to predict the outcome of the parliamentary elections that Bulgaria is set to

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Exhibition ‘A Lasting Faith: Orthodoxy in the Holy Land’ at Alexander Nevsky crypt in Sofia

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “A Lasting Faith: Orthodoxy in the Holy Land”, of photographs by Israel’s Dafna Tal, opens on the

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