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Month: June 2017

Europe 

Romanian MiG fighter crashes during ‘Thracian Eagle 2017’ exercise with Bulgarian Air Force

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania

A Romanian Air Force MiG-21 crashed in Constanta County on June 12 during manoeuvres being held as part of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President welcomes town’s referendum against gold mining, investor says it has been racketeered

June 12, 2017June 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has welcomed the outcome of a local referendum in the town of Trun against gold mining

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Europe 

PDK-AAK-Incentive coalition wins the parliamentary elections in Kosovo

June 12, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

With 65 per cent of ballots counted, the coalition consisting of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Alliance for the Future

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister pledges to speed up materials tenders to keep Air Force MiGs flying

June 12, 2017June 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

After reports that a lack of engine lubricants was keeping the Bulgarian Air Force’s Russian-made MiG fighters from flying, Defence

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Leisure 

2017 ‘Opera in the Park’ at Sofia’s Rakovski military academy from June 30 to July 16

June 11, 2017June 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The ballet Petrushka the Firebird, to music by Igor Stravinsky, opens the popular annual Opera in the Park series at

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Europe 

Kosovo votes on June 11 for new parliament

June 11, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

Early parliamentary elections are being held on June 11 in Kosovo. More than 1.8 million eligible voters will decide who will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian and Greek special forces in joint anti-terrorist training exercise at Ilinden border checkpoint

June 10, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian and Greek special forces took part in a joint anti-terrorist training exercise at the Ilinden border checkpoint, Bulgaria’s Interior

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister orders posthumous promotion for navy helicopter pilot who died in Black Sea crash

June 10, 2017June 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov said on June 10 that he had ordered a posthumous promotion for Captain Georgi Anastasov,

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Bulgaria 

Residents of Bulgarian village Trud again protest over foul air

June 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Residents of the village of Trud, about 10km from Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv, this week held their latest protest against

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