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Day: October 4, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President declines to appoint high court chief

October 4, 2017October 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on October 4 that he would not sign the decree appointing Georgi Cholakov as head

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Europe 

October 4 earthquake in Macedonia felt in Bulgaria

October 4, 2017October 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake initially reported as 3.6 on the Richter scale happened in the eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia

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Bulgaria 

War and peace? Bulgarian PM Borissov claims ‘wonderful dialogue’ with President Radev

October 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Two days after Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said that Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party was waging “undeclared war” on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government changes rules on applications for permanent residence by foreigners

October 4, 2017October 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a regular meeting on October 4, adopted amendments to the regulations arising from the Foreigners Act in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament votes to reject GERB’s Delyan Dobrev’s resignation as MP

October 4, 2017October 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on October 4 to reject the resignation of senior GERB member Delyan Dobrev as an MP,

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Bulgaria 

Close to half of the teachers in Bulgaria are 50 or older – Eurostat

October 4, 2017October 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Forty-eight per cent of the teachers in Bulgaria are 50 or older, according to statistics released by EU statistics agency

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Bulgaria 

Common ‘Balkan’ Presidency of the EU in 2018

October 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Romania, Serbia

Varna, a city strongly connected with Greece, and more specifically the palace of Euxinograd, hosted the 1st Quadrilateral Summit Bulgaria, Greece,

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