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Day: October 27, 2017

Perspectives 

Partners for Life: Europe’s unanswered ‘Eastern Question’

October 27, 2017 Andrew Wilson of the European Council on Foreign Relations Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine

Next month the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit convenes for the fifth time. This could be a crucial moment for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria backs Spanish unity, rejects Catalonian declaration of independence

October 27, 2017October 29, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgaria respects the constitutional order of the Kingdom of Spain, the rule of law and the principles of a law-based

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Bulgaria 

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time on October 29 2017

October 27, 2017January 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 29 2017, going back an hour to 3am. This

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry tangles with Russian MiG corporation over fighter jet engines

October 27, 2017October 29, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Russia

Russia’s MiG aircraft corporation said that recent statements by Bulgarian officials that the Air Force’s fighter jet engines could not

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court to seek constitutional ruling on existence of specialised anti-corruption courts

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

Judges at Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) voted on October 27 in favour of a motion to challenge at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov in Sarajevo: ‘The fate of the Balkans is in our hands’

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bosnia and Herzegovina

In a historic first visit by a Bulgarian Prime Minister to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Boiko Borissov has told leaders in

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Bulgaria 

Team to work for opening science and medical centre in Sofia that will use CERN technology

October 27, 2017October 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Sofia

An inter-institutional group of representatives of the Bulgarian President’s office, the government and scientific circles will work for the establishment

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross raises funds for Bourgas flood victims, government giving 2M leva

October 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The Bulgarian Red Cross has begun a fundraising initiative for the victims of the floods in the Bourgas region in

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Europe 

Nato challenges Russia on scope of war games

October 27, 2017 VOANews Nato, Russia

Nato has accused Russia of misleading the Western military alliance about the military exercises it held last month with Belarus.

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