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Month: November 2016

Bulgaria 

Radev: Caretaker cabinet is exclusive responsibility of President Plevneliev

November 21, 2016November 22, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Roumen Radev, who is to take over as Bulgaria’s President in January 2017, denied on November 21 that the country

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Leisure 

Bansko wins Best Ski Resort in Bulgaria in World Travel Awards 2017

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 Bansko Blog tourism

Bansko has been named Best Ski Resort in Bulgaria at the World Travel Awards, winning this for a fourth time in

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Very cold case as prosecutor finds 11th-century skeleton at Plovdiv’s Great Basilica

November 20, 2016November 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A Plovdiv regional prosecutor who volunteered to take part in archaeological excavations at the Bulgarian city’s Great Basilica site has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Kouneva says her party will not take part in a government in this Parliament

November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Meglena Kouneva of the Bulgaria for Citizens Movement, part of the Reformist Bloc, says that her party will not take

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria seizes 50 Uzis, other firearms, in bust of illegal arms dealing group

November 20, 2016November 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian special prosecutors and Interior Ministry staff arrested several Bulgarians, a Turkish citizen and a Greek and seized more than

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, as 2016 death toll mounts

November 20, 2016November 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Cities and towns across Bulgaria marked November 20, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, with church services

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian anti-migrant protest attracts a few dozen participants

November 20, 2016November 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Sofia

A strong police presence was deployed as a protest was held in Bulgarian capital Sofia against illegal migration and demanding

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Europe 

New Canadian movie sheds light on horror of Holodomor famine

November 20, 2016 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

“Bitter Harvest,” the first major movie about the genocidal artificial famine engineered by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the 1930s,

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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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