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Day: October 15, 2019

Europe 

EU ministers fail to reach decision on accession talks with N Macedonia, Albania

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Macedonia

EU ministers failed to reach a decision to approve the opening of accession talks with the Republic of North Macedonia

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Bulgaria 

New US ambassador to Bulgaria sworn in at State Department

October 15, 2019October 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Herro Mustafa, the United States ambassador-designate to Bulgaria, was sworn in at a ceremony at the State Department in Washington

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Four Sofia mayoral candidates meet in TV debate

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Four of the 20 candidates in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia met in a debate

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister holds talks with UK ambassador over Bulgarian fan racism at England match

October 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Acting on the instructions of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva held a phone conversation with British

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria releases Palfreeman from Busmantsi detention centre, maintains ban on leaving country

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry released Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman from the Busmantsi detention centre in Sofia on the evening of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Football Union head to resign after racism-marred England match

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) chief Borislav Mihailov announced on October 15 his intention to resign, a day after Bulgaria’s Euro

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls on government to press EU leaders for action plan on migration

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Syria, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has called on the government to raise at the European Council meeting the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Minister: Decision on releasing Palfreeman from detention centre pending

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The lawyer for Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman has lodged a request for him to be released from the Busmantsi

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria calls on Turkey to halt military operation in Syria

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syria, Turkey

The military operation in Syria must stop because the risk of a humanitarian crisis is very high, and it is

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