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Sultanahmet explosion: Bulgaria advises nationals to exercise caution in Turkey’s big cities, tourist destinations

January 12, 2016January 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

After a fatal bomb explosion in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet Square on January 12, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory to its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and China sign police co-operation agreement

January 12, 2016January 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria and China signed on January 11 2016 an agreement on preventing and combating crime, updating a previous agreement signed

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Bulgaria 

Fallout continues after murder of Bulgarian upmarket fashion house owner

January 11, 2016January 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Police are pursuing several lines of inquiry into the murder of Agressia men’s upmarket fashion house owner Alexander Antov but

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Bulgaria 

Owner of Bulgarian men’s luxury fashion house found shot dead

January 9, 2016January 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The owner of Bulgaria’s upmarket men’s fashion house Agressia (Агресия), Alexander Antov, was found shot dead on January 9 near

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with Skopje’s outgoing ambassador

January 8, 2016January 12, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov held talks on January 7 2016 with Blagoj Handjiski, who is leaving his post as

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Bulgaria 

Businessman said to be linked to VIS-2 group shot dead in Sofia

January 8, 2016January 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Vesselin “Fat Vesko” Stoimenov (53), an owner of several companies and said to be linked to the former controversial VIS-2

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Bulgaria 

Ousted MRF leader Mestan: I remain in politics

January 7, 2016January 9, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

Lyutvi Mestan, ousted as leader and as a member of the Bulgarian Parliament’s third-largest party the Movement for Rights and

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Bulgaria 

Former US ambassador to Bulgaria Sol Polansky dies

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Sol Polansky, United States ambassador to Bulgaria from 1987 to 1990, has died at the age of 89 after a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among European countries to see ‘moderate’ growth in 2016 – World Bank

January 7, 2016January 8, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The economies of the western part of the Europe and Central Asia region, which includes Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey and the

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