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Day: October 26, 2017

Bulgaria 

Remembrance Sunday 2017 service to be held in Sofia on November 12

October 26, 2017November 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual Remembrance Sunday service, to commemorate the sacrifice of those who have fallen in times of war, will be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev on the non-flying fighter pilots: ‘Dissatisfaction understandable’

October 26, 2017October 27, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President and former Air Force commander Roumen Radev has effectively sided with the MiG-29 pilots who declined to take

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Bulgaria 

Seven arrested in Bulgaria as major international migrant smuggling network bust

October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

European police and judicial co-operation agencies Europol and Eurojust said on October 26 that they had supported a joint investigation team,

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Podcast: Bulgaria’s Martin Kuvandzhiev, Bitcoin Gold developer

October 26, 2017October 27, 2017 Lance Nelson Lance Nelson, podcast, podcasts

Bitcoin recently peaked at a market capitalisation of $100 billion due, in part, to crypto enthusiasts selling alt coins and

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Bulgaria 

Search continues for woman missing in fatal floods in Bulgaria’s Bourgas

October 26, 2017October 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Search efforts were continuing on October 26 to a find a woman who went missing the day before in flooding

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Bulgaria 

European Commissioners in Sofia for annual Western Balkans justice and home affairs ministers meeting

October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency European Commission

On October 26 and 27, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and Commissioner for Justice, Consumers

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Bulgaria 

European Court rules in case of Iranian who protested his removal from Austria to Bulgaria

October 26, 2017October 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Justice has ruled in the case of an Iranian national who brought a challenge before the

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Europe 

Aid group halts sea rescues in Mediterranean

October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The international aid group Save the Children is suspending its efforts to rescue migrants making the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing

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