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Month: November 2016

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Bulgarian President concludes political consultations following Borissov government resignation

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev concluded on November 24 a week of consultations with the National Assembly’s eight parliamentary groups following

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Bulgarian Parliament votes to make minimum 4mm tread depth on tyres compulsory from November 15 to March 1

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 24 to require motorists to use tyres with a minimum tread depth of four

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing foreign minister criticises president-elect over statements on Crimea

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

Statements by Bulgarian president-elect Roumen Radev during his election campaign that it should be accepted that the Russian flag is

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Hundreds clash with police at Bulgaria’s Harmanli refugee centre

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Hundreds of residents of the Harmanli refugee centre in Bulgaria clashed on November 24 with police and gendarmerie, who fired

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Bulgarian Parliament moves to bar glorification of communism

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on November 24 the first reading of amendments providing for the removal of signs, slogans, photos and

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Bulgaria 

Lufthansa pilots strike to extend into third day, affect Sofia flights

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

For a third day running, the industrial action by German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit will result in the cancellation of

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Europe 

Election campaign heats up in Republic of Macedonia

November 24, 2016November 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Macedonia’s VMRO-DPMNE, led by former PM Nikola Gruevski, is accusing the opposition leader, Zoran Zaev of planning to federalise the

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Europe 

New missiles in Kaliningrad aimed at hindering Nato ships’ access – Lithuanian defence minister

November 24, 2016 The Baltic Times Lithuania

The deployment by Russia of new missiles in its Baltic Sea enclave Kaliningrad is intended to limit NATO allies’ ships’

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Europe 

European Parliament urges action against Russian ‘hostile propaganda’

November 24, 2016 Deutsche Welle Russia

The European Parliament on Wednesday warned of “hostile” Russian propaganda and support for anti-EU forces and urged Brussels to take

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