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Bulgarian President: Moscow has put the Balkans at the centre of its geopolitical interests

October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev, Russia, Ukraine

The Balkans is where Europe must show that it has learned the lessons of the Ukrainian crisis, Bulgarian President Rossen

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Bulgarian prosecutors ask court to remand in custody Dutch terrorism suspect

October 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian prosecutors have asked the District Court in Haskovo, a town in the southern part of the country near the

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Norway to close its embassy in Sofia

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Norway is to close its embassy in Sofia in 2016, along with embassies in three other countries, the Norwegian foreign

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Bulgaria has four new Constitutional Court judges

October 8, 2015October 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s National Assembly elected former Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev to the Constitutional Court on October 8, bringing to four the new

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Bulgaria 

Former BSP MP Manolova takes oath as Bulgaria’s Ombudsman

October 8, 2015October 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Former Bulgarian Socialist Party MP Maya Manolova was sworn in as national Ombudsman in Parliament on October 8, 12 days

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Australia to participate in Junior Eurovision 2015 song contest in Bulgaria

October 8, 2015October 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Australia is to compete in the 2015 Junior Eurovision song contest, being held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on November

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Bulgarian court refuses extradition of Canadian-American businessman Homeniuk to Kyrgyzstan

October 7, 2015October 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Vidin District Court ruled on October 7 to refuse a request to extradite Canadian-American businessman Len Homeniuk from Bulgaria to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government mandates Defence Minister to sign deal with Poland on MiG repairs

October 7, 2015October 8, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Poland

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has given a mandate to Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev to sign a contract for the maintenance and repair

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Bulgaria releases state reserves to aid refugees

October 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has agreed to donate state reserves and wartime stocks to the Interior Ministry and State Agency for Refugees

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