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Day: November 23, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front willing to try to form a government

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

In a move likely to prove no more than Quixotic, Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front parliamentary group said on November 23

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Bulgaria 

Five more flights cancelled at Sofia Airport on November 24

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The decision of pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit to extend their strike for a second day, on November 24, has prompted

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria proposes posthumous state honours for anti-communist guerrilla fighters

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing government proposed on November 23 that the President confer posthumous state honours on 30 leaders of the Goryani,

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Everyone wants to govern but when the time comes, they run like hell

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Presiding at the first Cabinet meeting after his government’s resignation was accepted by Parliament, outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister faces criminal charges over MiG-29 deal

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland

Bulgarian prosecutors have lodged criminal charges against Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev in connection with his conduct in concluding a deal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Constitutional Court rules on a tale of two presidents

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has clarified the respective roles of incumbent President Rossen Plevneliev and president-elect Roumen Radev in dealing with

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Europe 

‘Washington Group’ to informally discuss Greek debt behind closed doors

November 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, IMF

According to a report in German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Finance Ministers of Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands

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Europe 

US issues Europe travel alert for holiday season

November 23, 2016 VOANews

The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert for Americans regarding “a heightened risk of terrorist attacks throughout Europe,

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Perspectives 

Can governance Trump guns? European security after the US elections

November 23, 2016 Mark Galeotti of the European Council on Foreign Relations Nato, Russia

European security co-operation has never really been off the EU’s agenda, but controversy, political divisions and expense have for many

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