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Day: November 16, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ‘high fuel price’ protesters again block motorway

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Lyulin Motorway was blocked by protesters mobilised around “high fuel prices” in the country, Bulgarian National Radio said on

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Bulgaria 

After Simeonov’s resignation as Bulgaria’s Deputy PM: The big questions

November 16, 2018November 18, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Valeri Simeonov

Journalists in Bulgaria who may have expected the sharply chilly late autumn evening of November 16 to present nothing other

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Bulgaria 

Valeri Simeonov: Why I resigned as Bulgaria’s Deputy PM

November 16, 2018November 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Valeri Simeonov, a co-leader of Bulgaria’s government minority coalition partner the United Patriots, said on November 16 that his surprise

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Bulgaria 

Valeri Simeonov resigns as Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister

November 16, 2018November 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the minority coalition partner in Bulgaria’s government the United Patriots, resigned as Deputy Prime Minister on

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Bulgaria 

Le Pen in Sofia: EU is ‘biggest enemy of Europe’

November 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right party National Rally, has told a forum in Bulgarian capital city Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria fighter jet task force did not consider F-18 acquisition – Deputy Defence Minister

November 16, 2018November 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Deputy Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov appeared to dismiss, in an interview with the armed forces television channel, the option

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov accepts President Radev’s invitation to talks

November 16, 2018November 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

After prolonged tensions and mutual criticism, Bulgarian Prime Minister and President Roumen Radev are to hold face-to-face talks. Radev, elected

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Europe 

EC welcomes FCC decision to allow use of EU’s Galileo system in US

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

European commissioner for the internal market, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, welcomed the decision of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria revises draft law on religions after objections from faith groups

November 16, 2018November 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Responding to objections from various faiths, parties in Bulgaria’s Parliament are revising amendments to the Religious Denomination Act before the

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