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Day: October 5, 2018

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Bulgaria 

Two border police employees face discipline over latest security lapse at Sofia Airport

October 5, 2018October 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Two border police employees at the Sofia Airport border checkpoint are facing disciplinary punishment as a result of an incident

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Bulgaria 

Defence Ministry honours controversial figure Markov in spite of objections from Bulgarian Jews

October 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry went ahead with conferring honours on Dyanko Markov, a 96-year-old veteran of the Union of Bulgarian National

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Europe 

Appellate Court confirms two-year prison sentence for Gruevski

October 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Appellate Court in Skopje dismissed an appeal by former prime minister Nikola Gruevski, as being “groundless”, against a ruling

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Bulgaria 

Poroshenko tells Bulgarian PM he dreams of a new road linking Odessa to Varna

October 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told visiting Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov: “I dream that we will sit together in

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Bulgaria 

EC welcomes deal on 230M euro for better water service and infrastructure in Bulgaria

October 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on October 5 that welcomes the signature the previous day of an agreement between the Fund

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament elects judge Krassimir Vlahov to Constitutional Court

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Krassimir Vlahov, the former deputy head of Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation, was elected by Parliament on October 5 to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports bird flu outbreak in village in Plovdiv district

October 5, 2018October 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A laboratory test has confirmed an outbreak of avian influenza on a farm in the village of Manolsko Konare in

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Bulgaria 

Speeding is number one cause of road accidents in Bulgaria – Traffic Police chief

October 5, 2018October 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Speeding is the leading cause of road accidents in Bulgaria, accounting for 1300 out of 5052 so far this year,

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Europe 

Final preparations for yet another ‘historic election’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina

October 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bosnia and Herzegovina

As the October 7 2018 election day approaches, the campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and especially in the Republika Srpska,

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