Romanian MiG fighter crashes during ‘Thracian Eagle 2017’ exercise with Bulgarian Air Force
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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Month: June 2017
Bulgarian President welcomes town’s referendum against gold mining, investor says it has been racketeered
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has welcomed the outcome of a local referendum in the town of Trun against gold mining
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PDK-AAK-Incentive coalition wins the parliamentary elections in 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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Bulgarian Defence Minister pledges to speed up materials tenders to keep Air Force MiGs flying
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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2017 ‘Opera in the Park’ at Sofia’s Rakovski military academy from June 30 to July 16
The ballet Petrushka the Firebird, to music by Igor Stravinsky, opens the popular annual Opera in the Park series at
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Kosovo votes on June 11 for new parliament
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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Bulgarian and Greek special forces in joint anti-terrorist training exercise at Ilinden border checkpoint
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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Bulgarian Defence Minister orders posthumous promotion for navy helicopter pilot who died in Black Sea crash
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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Residents of Bulgarian village Trud again protest over foul air
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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