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Day: January 16, 2017

Europe World 

EU foreign ministers, NATO backers refute Trump talk

January 16, 2017March 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle

The EU’s top diplomat has shrugged off US President-elect Donald Trump’s opinions on further breakaways from the bloc. Germany’s foreign

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Bulgaria 

Italian military aircraft makes emergency landing in Sofia over engine trouble

January 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

An Italian Air Force Spartan transport aircraft on a flight from Plovdiv made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court suspends Plovdiv mayor Totev from office over mismanagement charges

January 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

In a ruling on January 16, Plovdiv Regional Court ordered Ivan Totev, mayor of Bulgaria’s second-largest city, suspended from office

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former intelligence chief faces new embezzlement charges

January 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s general office said on January 16 that it was pressing new charges against the former head of the

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court hands suspended sentence to MRF MP

January 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court handed a suspended six-month sentence to Movement for Rights and Freedoms MP Alexander “Bat Sali” Metodiev on

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors lodge new charges against Bulgarian Defence Minister Nenchev

January 16, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The Sofia City Prosecutors office lodged charges in court against Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev on January 16, accusing him of

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