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Day: February 22, 2017

World 

Astronomers discover new Earths in our celestial neighbourhood

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 VOANews final frontier

An international team of astronomers, using an array of ground and space telescopes, has discovered an astonishing seven Earth-sized planets

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria targets early-2018 to begin construction on Greece gas inter-connector

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry was drafting the necessary tender documentation to pick a contractor that would build the gas inter-connector pipeline

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 parliamentary elections: Battles for the cities shape up

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bourgas, Bulgaria elections 2017, Lyutvi Mestan, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Volen Siderov

With the deadline for political parties and coalitions competing in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections having passed, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors indict 18 in Corporate Commercial Bank investigation

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 22 that it has finished its investigation into the events that led to the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President fires Interior Ministry chief secretary Kostov

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev signed the decree firing Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kostov on February 22, the presidency said in

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court overturns 2016 public transport ticket price hike

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia City Administrative Court ruled on February 22 to overturn the city hall regulation that led to an increase in

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Bulgaria 

Trial of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nenchev over MiG engine repair deal starts

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

The trial in Sofia City Court of Bulgaria’s former defence minister Nikolai Nenchev on charges of malfeasance in office over

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev steps into domestic political row over Nato and the Black Sea

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

In a late-night post on Facebook, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped into a domestic pre-election political

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Bulgaria 

World Jewish Congress distressed that Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of ban

February 22, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress says that it is distressed that the Lukov March in Sofia went ahead in spite of

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