Bulgarian MEPs call on EC to act against threatened Greek border blockade
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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Day: January 18, 2017
Bulgarian transport carriers threaten counter-blockade if protesting Greeks shut border
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
Vice-Admiral Emil Evtimov is Bulgaria’s acting Chief of Defence, succeeding General Konstantin Popov who stepped down because his former subordinate
Read moreSnowdrifts in north-eastern Bulgaria close railway line, roads
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
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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