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Day: October 28, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Mayoral election in Varna goes to a second round

October 28, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Varna

Official figures from the Central Election Commission (CEC) showed that voters in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna will be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors: First secretary of Russian embassy in Sofia committed espionage

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor’s Office said on October 28 that it had confirmed that the first secretary of the Russian embassy in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Most cities head to run-off in mayoral elections

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Eighteen, or possibly 19, cities in Bulgaria are heading to run-off mayoral elections on November 3 after first-round votes did

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Clear winners in nine city mayor races, question mark in Varna

October 28, 2019October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Mayoral elections in nine cities in Bulgaria on October 27 have produced clear winners, while final results are awaited to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: The drama in Varna

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Varna

By the late afternoon of the day after voters in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Varna went to the polls

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Bulgaria 

Sofia mayoral election run-off: Democratic Bulgaria endorses neither Fandukova nor Manolova

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Leaders of the reformist Democratic Bulgaria coalition told a news conference on October 28 that in the November 3 Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bas-relief in Plovdiv Palace of Justice honours Dimitar Peshev

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

At a ceremony on October 28, a bas-relief honouring Dimitar Peshev, who played a key role 76 years ago in

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Bulgaria 

Winter schedule for Bulgaria’s Black Sea airports of Varna and Bourgas announced

October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism, Varna

The winter timetable for flights to and from Fraport Twin Star Airport Management’s airports at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Varna

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Europe 

Brexit: EU27 grant ‘flextension’ until January 31 2020 – Tusk

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The request by the United Kingdom for a “Brexit flextension” until January 31 2020 has been granted by the EU27,

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