EU foreign ministers, NATO backers refute Trump talk
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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Day: January 16, 2017
Italian military aircraft makes emergency landing in Sofia over engine trouble
An Italian Air Force Spartan transport aircraft on a flight from Plovdiv made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport on
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Bulgarian court suspends Plovdiv mayor Totev from office over mismanagement charges
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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Bulgarian former intelligence chief faces new embezzlement charges
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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Sofia court hands suspended sentence to MRF MP
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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Prosecutors lodge new charges against Bulgarian Defence Minister Nenchev
The Sofia City Prosecutors office lodged charges in court against Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev on January 16, accusing him of
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