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Day: October 3, 2017

Europe 

TAP: 800 million euro worth of investments in Albania in 2017-2018

October 3, 2017October 3, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, energy

Eight hundred million euro will be invested in Albania during the period 2017-2018 by the consortium which is building the

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Europe 

Critics: Ukraine’s parliament passes law that would make many graft investigations impossible

October 3, 2017 The Kyiv Post Ukraine

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Oct. 3 passed a judicial reform bill that would make it almost impossible to

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Europe 

Members of the European Parliament slam lack of Brexit progress, putting trade talks out of reach

October 3, 2017 Deutsche Welle Brexit

The European Parliament has overwhelming backed a motion urging EU leaders not to move on to the next phase of

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Bulgarian Jewish organisation holds talks with Movement for Rights and Freedoms

October 3, 2017October 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Mustafa Karadaya

Leaders of the Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria held talks on October 3 with representatives of the Movement

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Supreme Judicial Council takes office

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The new line-up of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) took their oaths of office on October 3 in a ceremony

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Romanian prime ministers open new border checkpoint, sign co-operation memoranda

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Romania, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Mihai Tudose attended a ceremony to officially open a new border

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Bulgaria 

Sofia municipality to terminate road repair contracts with construction companies

October 3, 2017October 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova said on October 3 that she would terminate contracts with two companies which had been chosen

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