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Day: November 6, 2018

Europe 

In Greece, Church and State get a velvet divorce

November 6, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The historic agreement between Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, and Ieronymos II, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, means rationalisation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Ombudsman Maya Manolova rides the popularity train

November 6, 2018November 8, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

For most Bulgarian officials, having your taxpayer-funded car taken away would be a matter of inconvenience, and possibly indignation. For

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Bulgaria 

US photographer Roger Ballen to exhibit works, give lectures in Sofia and Plovdiv

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

One of the most important photographers of the 21st century, Roger Ballen, is to open his retrospective exhibition “Archetypes” at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-trust watchdog begins new fuel market analysis

November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on November 6 that it was starting a sector analysis of the

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv authorities crack down on public drinking in Kapana creative district

November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv municipal authorities, police and security have agreed to crack down on public drinking and the illegal sale of alcohol

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov praises unity of community of Bulgarian Jews

November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews

I have been in politics for 17 years and I have never seen the Bulgarian Jewish community as united as

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Bulgaria 

Di Vino wine exhibition to be held in Sofia from November 23 to 25

November 6, 2018 Lance Nelson wine

My favourite wine event of the year, DiVino.Taste exhibition, is to be held from November 23 to 25 2018 at

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Bulgaria 

EP committee demands Bulgaria’s and Romania’s swift accession to Schengen

November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Romania, Schengen

Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a call to European Union ministers

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Ministry denies calling off contract to overhaul Su-25 fighter-bombers

November 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has rejected as inaccurate reports that it has called off a contract with a firm in

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