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Day: October 9, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President vetoes Defence Act amendments

October 9, 2017October 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev vetoed on October 9 the bill to amend the Defence Act, specifically the provisions detailing the

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Bulgarian Jewish organisation campaigns for ban on 2018 Lukov March

October 9, 2017February 17, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria is campaigning against the holding of the annual “Lukov March” in Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Controversial MP for Bulgarian PM Borissov’s GERB party submits resignation from Parliament

October 9, 2017October 10, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

A controversial MP for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, Anton Todorov, said on October 9 that he

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President’s meeting to discuss anti-corruption steps collapses

October 9, 2017October 10, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

The October 8 meeting of Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security called by President Roumen Radev to discuss steps against

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports to other EU countries up 11.2% in January – July 2017 but trade balance negative

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports to other European Union countries in January to July 2017 were 11.2 per cent higher than in January

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Europe 

EU announces additional emergency aid to help refugees in Serbia

October 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees, Serbia

The European Commission announced on October 8 that it had added an additional four million euro in humanitarian aid for

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Europe 

First ever Pride Parade in Kosovo

October 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

October 10 is going to be remembered as the day when the LGBT organisations of Kosovo organised the very first

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