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Day: October 10, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria gets ball rolling to strip ex-football star of honorary consul status

October 10, 2017October 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on October 10 that it had started proceedings to strip Hristo Stoichkov of his status as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to host Western Balkans summit in Sofia in May 2018 during EU Presidency

October 10, 2017October 11, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Sofia

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will be the venue of a Western Balkans summit in May 2018 during the country’s presidency of

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Mediaeval ring found during work on water supply in Bulgaria’s Assenovgrad

October 10, 2017October 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Work on the water supply in the Bulgarian town of Assenovgrad has led to the finding of a mediaeval ring

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Turkey, Russia are Bulgaria’s top trading partners among non-EU countries – statistics institute

October 10, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Turkey and Russia were in the top two spots among Bulgaria’s trading partners that are not members of the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cable channel cans controversial outgoing MP’s show amid media row

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Media

A Bulgarian cable television channel announced it was dropping a show featuring controversial MP Anton Todorov in what it said

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