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Italian appeals court sentences Bulgarian drug trafficker in retrial

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

An appeals court in Milan has ruled to uphold the 20-year sentence against Evelin “Brendo” Banev following a retrial, Bulgarian

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Sofia Airport cancels two Belgium flights

March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Airport said on March 23 that the two flights linking Sofia and Brussels scheduled for the day had been

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Bulgaria 

Interior Ministry chief: No specific threat to Bulgaria

March 23, 2016March 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria reacted to information about the March 22 terrorist attack in Brussels by immediately taking several actions, including stepping up

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Anti-terrorism exercise scheduled for Sofia on March 22

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An anti-terrorism exercise, involving the Sofia metro railway and police closing down streets in the centre of the city, is

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Bulgaria 

Two Sofia – Brussels flights cancelled after terrorist attack at Zaventem Airport

March 22, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Two flights linking Sofia and Brussels that had been scheduled for March 22 2016 had been cancelled, Sofia Airport said

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Bulgaria 

Speaker of Parliament: Brussels attacks not unexpected

March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The deadly bomb attacks in Brussels on March 22 obviously were retaliations by terrorists, said the Speaker of Bulgaria’s National

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: ‘Europeans need to show world terrorism will not destroy our civilisation’

March 22, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Today more than ever, all Europeans need to show the world that they will not let terrorism destroy our civilisation,

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Bulgaria strongly condemns terrorist attacks at Brussels airport, metro

March 22, 2016March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria strongly condemns the March 22 terrorist attacks at Zaventem Airport in Brussels and the Belgian capital’s metro, President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Ataka’s Siderov, Chukolov sentenced to salary deduction in plea bargain on hooliganism, assault charges

March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Ataka leader Volen Siderov and fellow MP Dessislav Chukolov were sentenced on March 22 2016 to deductions of 25 per

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