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Day: October 24, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister: Reports of mutiny by Air Force pilots exaggerated

October 24, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Krassimir Karakachanov

Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov told a hastily-convened news conference on October 24 that reports that Air Force pilots had

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Perspectives 

Bulgarian EU Presidency: Pointless to pursue portrayal of a Potemkin village

October 24, 2017October 25, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian EU Presidency

As many – including Bulgarians – who grew up in the communist bloc would remember, there was a Soviet animated

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Bulgaria 

Mixed signals from Bulgarian Defence Ministry over reports fighter pilots refused training flights

October 24, 2017October 25, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Krassimir Karakachanov

The leadership of Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry went into damage control mode on October 24 following media reports that fighter pilots

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Europe 

EU labour ministers reach agreement on changes to posted workers directive

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

The European Council for employment and social affairs has approved a general approach to the new posted workers directive, meant

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force pilots refuse training flights because of safety concerns, demotivation – reports

October 24, 2017October 25, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Scheduled training flights at the Bulgarian Air Force’s Graf Ignatievo base were suspended on October 24 as combat pilots massively

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