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Month: January 2018

Bulgaria 

Ivanović murder will not stop normalisation of relations with Serbia, Kosovo president tells Borissov

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi has told Bulgaria’s prime minister that his country will not allow the January 16 murder of

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Bulgaria 

Bourgas Airport terrorism trial: Witnesses describe ‘chaos and panic’

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Witnesses in the trial in absentia of two Hezbollah members facing terrorism charges over the July 2012 attack on Israeli

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Sport 

Grigor Dimitrov outlasts qualifier to book place in Australian Open third round

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Australian Open third-seed Grigor Dimitrov narrowly avoided a stunning upset against US qualifier Mackenzie McDonald, ranked 186th in the world,

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Bulgaria 

Stability in Balkans responsible for stability in Europe, Bulgarian PM tells European Parliament

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, European Parliament

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU, used a January 17 address to

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Europe 

Czech government loses confidence vote in parliament

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 Deutsche Welle Czech Republic

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has lost a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday. Originally scheduled for January 10, the vote

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Europe 

EU to announce new strategy for Western Balkans in February

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Head of the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina and EU Special Representative, Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, said that the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov condemns murder of Serb politician Ivanović in Kosovo

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, said on January 16 that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister: PM, Parliament back introducing paid voluntary military service

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and the majority in Parliament support the introduction of paid voluntary military service, Defence Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President, PM welcome Skopje’s ratification of good-neighbourliness treaty

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov have welcomed the ratification by the parliament in

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