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Lufthansa pilots strike to extend into third day, affect Sofia flights

November 24, 2016November 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

For a third day running, the industrial action by German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit will result in the cancellation of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front willing to try to form a government

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

In a move likely to prove no more than Quixotic, Bulgaria’s nationalist Patriotic Front parliamentary group said on November 23

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Five more flights cancelled at Sofia Airport on November 24

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The decision of pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit to extend their strike for a second day, on November 24, has prompted

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria proposes posthumous state honours for anti-communist guerrilla fighters

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing government proposed on November 23 that the President confer posthumous state honours on 30 leaders of the Goryani,

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Borissov: Everyone wants to govern but when the time comes, they run like hell

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Presiding at the first Cabinet meeting after his government’s resignation was accepted by Parliament, outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgarian Defence Minister faces criminal charges over MiG-29 deal

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland

Bulgarian prosecutors have lodged criminal charges against Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev in connection with his conduct in concluding a deal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s political crisis: Constitutional Court rules on a tale of two presidents

November 23, 2016November 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has clarified the respective roles of incumbent President Rossen Plevneliev and president-elect Roumen Radev in dealing with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing Defence Minister expects to face charges over MiG-29 engines deal

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland

Nikolai Nenchev, Defence Minister in Boiko Borissov’s outgoing government, said on November 22 that he expected to face criminal charges

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Strike causes cancellations of five Lufthansa flights at Sofia Airport on November 23

November 22, 2016November 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Industrial action by the pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit has prompted the cancellation of five Lufthansa flights from Sofia Airport on

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