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Month: November 2016

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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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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Bulgaria Leisure 

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors press charges against outgoing Health Minister

November 21, 2016November 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on November 21 that it has pressed charges against outgoing Health Minister Petar Moskov in relation

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Bulgaria 

Bansko wins Best Ski Resort in Bulgaria at the World Travel Award

November 21, 2016March 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments

For the fourth time in a row and with a record vote, Bansko got the World Travel Award for being

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