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Day: December 11, 2016

Europe 

Polls close in Macedonia’s parliamentary election: Narrow difference between parties

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Polling stations in the Republic of Macedonia closed at 7pm and the Central Election Commission has considered the electoral process a

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Bulgaria 

Death toll in Bulgaria’s Hitrino explosion rises to eight

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of dead as a result of the gas transporter train explosion in the north-eastern Bulgarian village of Hitrino

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Bulgaria 

Hitrino disaster revives issue of rail safety in Bulgaria

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

While official investigations are still proceeding into the cause of the gas transport train blast that brought death and destruction

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Probability of terrorist attacks in Turkey remains high

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry called on December 11 for the country’s citizens to postpone planned trips to Turkey unless absolutely necessary,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross starts fund-raising campaign to assist victims of Hitrino gas explosion

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Red Cross launched on December 11 a fund-raising campaign to assist victims of the gas explosion disaster in

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Bulgaria 

Hitrino tragedy: Because of day of national mourning, Bulgarian President postpones handing of mandate to form government

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has postponed the handing over of an exploratory mandate to form a government

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod elects Kipriyan as new Metropolitan of Stara Zagora

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

In a unanimous vote on December 11, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod elected Bishop Kipriyan as the new Metropolitan

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry urges people to stay away from Hitrino as gas leaks complicate situation

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has urged people to stay away from the village of Hitrino, site of a gas tank transporter

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Europe 

Romanians vote one year after corruption ousted prime minister

December 11, 2016March 9, 2017 VOANews Romania

Romanians are voting in a parliamentary election Sunday, a year after a massive anti-corruption campaign forced the last Socialist prime

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