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Prosecutors in Bulgaria have brought terrorism charges against two men for the bombing at Burgas airport, which happened exactly four years ago, to the day. Hassan El Hajj Hassan and Meliad Farah were accused of detonating a bomb carried by suicide bomber Mohamas Hassan El Husseini. The explosion in Burgas killed five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian bus driver. Many people were injured.
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Commenting on July 18 in the wake of the attempted coup in Turkey, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said that
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The road between Bulgaria’s Black Sea cities of Bourgas and Varna has the country’s highest accident rate, according to the
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The Serbian government has decided to set up joint military and police teams to be deployed at its borders with
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Bulgaria marked on July 18 2016 the fourth anniversary of the terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport in which five Israeli
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Bulgaria’s Government was holding an emergency sitting on July 16 to assess the latest developments in the wake of an
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The government of Bulgaria has reacted to the attempted military coup in Ankara by saying the situation in neighbouring Turkey was monitored around the clock. President Plevneliev said in a statement, stability and peace in Turkey were of primary importance to Bulgaria.
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 16 that he has spoken with several top officials to discuss the
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Bulgaria’s Parliament started on July 15 the proceedings to appoint a new chairperson of the Financial Supervision Commission (FSC) amid
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