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Day: June 23, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to begin negotiations with Sweden on possible Gripen deal ‘in coming weeks’ – Borissov

June 23, 2017June 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told his Swedish counterpart Stefan Löfven that negotiations on the possible acquisition by Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov ‘not optimistic’ Brexit will be quick and easy or without huge compromises

June 23, 2017June 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed a gloomy outlook on Brexit, saying that he was not optimistic that it

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors seek to lift immunity of three Volya MPs

June 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has submitted a formal request to the National Assembly on June 23 to lift the immunity from

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Bulgaria 

Radev and Pavlopoulos: Bulgaria, Greece to work for stronger and more stable EU, integration of Western Balkans

June 23, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria and Greece will continue to work together in the interests of a stronger and more stable European Union because

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Vezenkov selected by Brooklyn Nets in NBA draft

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian forward Alexander Vezenkov was selected by the Brooklyn Nets in the second round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister: F-16s out of the race in jet fighter acquisition project

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato

Speaking in the National Assembly building on June 23, Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov confirmed that the country would not

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Bulgaria 

1.6 million Bulgarians were below the poverty line in 2016 – statistics institute

June 23, 2017June 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

About 1.63 million Bulgarians, close to 23 per cent of the country’s population, were below the average monthly poverty line

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