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Day: January 18, 2017

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Bulgarian MEPs call on EC to act against threatened Greek border blockade

January 18, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria’s 18 members of the European Parliament, from all parties, issued a joint statement on January 18 2017, calling on

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Bulgarian transport carriers threaten counter-blockade if protesting Greeks shut border

January 18, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

The Bulgarian Association of International Carriers said on January 18 that it would mount a counter-blockade if protesting Greek farmers

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Bulgaria’s new Chief of Defence takes office

January 18, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Roumen Radev

Vice-Admiral Emil Evtimov is Bulgaria’s acting Chief of Defence, succeeding General Konstantin Popov who stepped down because his former subordinate

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Snowdrifts in north-eastern Bulgaria close railway line, roads

January 18, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The railway line between the north-eastern Bulgarian villages of Samuil and Kaspichan, on the Rousse-Varna line, was closed on January

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Outgoing Bulgarian president Plevneliev speaks on relations with Russia, expectations for successor

January 18, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

At a lengthy valedictory news conference on January 18, outgoing Bulgarian president Rossen Plevneliev reiterated his stance distinguishing between Russia’s

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