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Day: October 25, 2017

Europe 

Bank of Greece: Record high earnings from tourism

October 25, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, tourism

Fresh data from the Bank of Greece show a great increase in the number of tourists and a hike in

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Europe 

EU to implement border fingerprint checks similar to United States

October 25, 2017 Deutsche Welle Schengen

Non-Americans traveling to the United States will be familiar with the procedure: once you arrive, you have to go through

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Ancient gold and bronze artefacts exhibition at Bulgaria’s National Archaeological Museum on until January 2018

October 25, 2017October 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Gold and Bronze. Metals, Technologies and Networks in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age” is on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov on the Graf Ignatievo fighter pilots: ‘I fly when I have to’

October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has levelled criticism at the Graf Ignatievo fighter pilots who for two days have not

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Simeonov found guilty of anti-Roma hate speech – NGO

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

The Regional Court in the Bulgarian city of Bourgas has found Valeri Simeonov, currently a Deputy Prime Minister and co-leader

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Bulgaria 

Floods in Bourgas: Three dead, houses and streets flooded, mudslide on Trakiya Motorway

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Torrential rainfall that hit the Bourgas district on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast has left three people dead, houses, streets and

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Bulgaria 

Fighter pilots at Bulgaria’s Graf Ignatievo air base again do not take part in training flights

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

Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighter pilots at Graf Ignatievo air base again did not take off for scheduled training exercises

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Bulgaria 

Three dead in floods in Bulgaria’s Bourgas district

October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Three people are dead and several are missing after huge volumes of torrential rain hit the municipalities of Bourgas and

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