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Bulgarian prosecutors: Mourad Hamyd a ‘real, present and serious’ threat to national security

August 8, 2016August 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Mourad Hamyd, the 20-year-old French citizen arrested in Bulgaria in connection with alleged participation in an organised crime group preparing

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Bulgaria 

Brother-in-law of Charlie Hebdo attacker to appear in court in Bulgaria on August 9

August 7, 2016August 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Mourad Hamyd, brother-in-law of Charlie Hebdo attacker Cherif Kouachi, is to face a Bulgarian court on August 9 in connection

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Bulgaria 

Frontex to boost assistance to Bulgaria at Turkish, Serbian borders

August 6, 2016August 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Serbia, Turkey

In response to a request from Bulgarian authorities, EU border control co-operation agency Frontex will “significantly strengthen” its ongoing activities

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Portugal’s Guterres leads race for next UN chief

August 5, 2016August 9, 2016 Margaret Besheer of VOANews Irina Bokova

Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres is holding on to his lead in the race to become the United Nations’

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian archaeologists find rare golden coin at cape Kaliakra ruins

August 5, 2016August 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Digs at the ruins at cape Kaliakra on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast have unearthed a gold coin dating to

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Bulgaria World 

UN Security Council to hold second straw poll on next Secretary-General

August 5, 2016August 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Irina Bokova

The 15 members of the United Nations Security Council are to hold a second straw poll on August 5 to

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Bulgaria 

Joint Bulgarian-Greek traffic control teams in border regions

August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Joint teams of Bulgarian and Greek police are to control traffic in the regions of the border between the two

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Bulgaria busts three for trafficking migrants from Turkey to Western Europe

August 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian law enforcement and national security officers have arrested three residents of the town of Kyustendil in an operation against

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria-Greece gas interconnector construction faces delay – report

August 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

The start of construction on the gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece could be delayed by at least six months,

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