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Day: January 23, 2017

Bulgaria 

In its final week, Bulgaria’s Parliament calls a special sitting for January 24

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s current National Assembly, expected to be dissolved within days by President Roumen Radev, has called a special sitting for

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terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria
Business 

Bulgaria extends deadline for Sofia Airport concession bids to May

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet has decided to extend the deadline for bids in the tender to pick a concession operator for

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Bulgaria 

Long queues of lorries at Danube bridge crossings between Bulgaria and Romania as ferries stopped by ice

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Lorries formed queues of 14km at the Danube Bridge 2 at the Bulgarian city of Vidin and of 13km at

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Bulgaria 

Europol: Nearly 250 arrests in Operation Bosphorus against smuggling of Turkish pistols via Bulgaria

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Nearly 250 arrests and 556 gas and alarm pistols seized are a few of the final results of Operation Bosphorus,

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Sport 

Dimitrov reaches Australian Open quarterfinal after crushing ‘giant-slayer’ Istomin

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

After a shaky start, Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the second time in his

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