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Australia rejects Bulgarian Justice Ministry’s version of diplomat’s comments on Palfreeman case

October 9, 2019October 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs has taken issue with the portrayal in a media statement by Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet announces framework position on EU accession of N Macedonia, Albania

October 9, 2019October 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet announced on October 9 a framework position on the European Union accession aspirations of the Republic of North

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Europe 

EC signs agreements with Albania, N Macedonia on counter-terrorism plan for Western Balkans

October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Macedonia

European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos was to sign on October 9 two arrangements with Albania and North

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator begins procedure to oust head of Bulgarian National Radio

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) voted on October 9 to begin the procedure to remove

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Bulgaria 

Close to 60 hotels on Bulgaria’s Black Sea at risk after Thomas Cook bankruptcy – report

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Close to 60 hotels on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast are at risk following the bankruptcy of British holiday firm

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Palfreeman case should not interfere with relations with Australia

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting Australian diplomats to discuss the Jock Palfreeman case, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that the Bulgarian justice system

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 2nd century inscription found at Plovdiv’s Roman Forum, fining Philippopolis

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists have found a marble slab, dating from the end of the second century CE, during excavations at the Roman

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General meets Australian diplomats over Palfreeman detention

October 8, 2019October 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has set out to Australian chargé d’ affaires Jon Philp his reasons for refusing to allow

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Europe 

European Court: Denying journalist access to asylum-seeker centre violated right to freedom of expression

October 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In a unanimous ruling, the European Court of Human Rights has held that a rejection by Hungarian authorities of an

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