Dangerous operation to remove gas tanks from Bulgaria’s Hitrino blast site continues
Eight gas tanks from a train that was the centre of a fatal blast in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino
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Month: December 2016
Bulgaria’s political crisis: GERB ‘to support’ goverment formed by Reformist Bloc – Tsvetanov
Boiko Borissov’s GERB party could support a government formed on the basis of the mandate held by the Reformist Bloc,
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Greek government weighs options following Tsipras, Merkel talks
Following his meeting with German Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appears to have a
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Frontex reports about 350 000 migrants entered the EU so far in 2016
Frontex, the EU’s border agency, has reported that 350 000 people have arrived in the EU so far this year.
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Protests in Poland sparked by perceived assaults on democracy
Opponents of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party remained in front of Poland’s parliament building Saturday morning hours after
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2016/17 ski season opens in Bulgaria’s Bansko, Borovets resorts
The 2016/17 ski season opens officially in Bulgaria’s winter mountain resorts of Bansko and Borovets on December 17. In Bansko, the
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Opposition lawmakers in Poland block parliament to protest media rules
Opposition lawmakers in Poland sang the national anthem and chanted ‘Free media’ in protest at planned limits on journalists. Work
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Sofia City Court acquits former PM Stanishev over losing secret documents
Sofia City Court ruled on December 16 to acquit former socialist prime minister Sergei Stanishev on charges of losing secret
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Bulgaria’s GERB party, nationalists and Reformist Bloc in talks on new government headed by Borissov
Talks were held on December 16 among Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition and the Reformist Bloc
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