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Day: October 23, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President appoints Georgi Cholakov to head high court

October 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has signed the decree appointing Georgi Cholakov as the next head of the Supreme Administrative Court

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Sofia Regional History Museum to hold exhibition on trade in the Bulgarian capital

October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition opens on October 31 at the Sofia Regional History Museum on the development of trade in the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party torn by infighting ahead of special congress

October 23, 2017October 24, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

The leader of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, Kornelia Ninova, has come under further attack from within her own party

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Bulgaria 

Sofia prosecutors: Bulgarian President’s chief of staff did not break classified information laws

October 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office said on October 23 that the chief of staff of President Roumen Radev’s office, Ivo

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Bulgaria 

Opposition in Macedonia demands referendum on good-neighbourliness deal with Bulgaria

October 23, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Opposition party VMRO-DPMNE said on October 23 that it will send a request to Parliament to call a referendum on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria asset forfeiture commission seizes river cruiser used to smuggle fuel

October 23, 2017October 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

For the first time since it was founded five years ago, Bulgaria’s Commission for the Forfeiture of Unlawfully Acquired Property

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Bulgaria 

Weather warnings for heavy rainfall in western Bulgaria

October 23, 2017October 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The “Code Yellow” warning of potentially hazardous weather has been issued for expected heavy rainfall in 10 districts in Bulgaria

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