ARCHIVE - 18 November 2015
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Sofia and Bratislava will push for Nord Stream II and South Stream gas pipeline projects to be put on an equal footing by the EU Commission, Bulgarian Deputy PM Meglena Kuneva has said.
Vitosha Boulevard in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia ranks 54th among the 65 most expensive retail locations in the world, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s 2015/2016 report Main Streets Across the World.
Bulgarian lawmakers held on Wednesday a minute of silence to commemorate the attacks in Paris which killed 129 and wounded hundreds last week.
An international press freedom organization has sought to raise Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov's awareness of instances of harassment of journalists working with an independent investigative website.
The Sofia City Court (SCC) has ruled nationalist leader Volen Siderov and a party member Desislav Chukolov should be released on bail only several hours after having been detained on Tuesday.
Rumyana Chenalova, a controversial judge charged with malfeasance and document fraud, is to be handed a second indictment on Wednesday, Bulgarian media outlets report.
Crime | November 18, 2015, Wednesday // 12:22
The Islamic State (IS) group said on Wednesday that a homemade bomb had brought down the Russian Airbus A321 in Egypt in October, Reuters reported.
World | November 18, 2015, Wednesday // 21:29
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian man thought to be the mastermind behind Friday's deadly attacks in Paris, was the target of a police operation in the Saint Denis suburb in northern Paris, police have told AFP.
World | November 18, 2015, Wednesday // 10:33
Three people have been reported dead amid shooting and explosions in Saint Denis, a northern Suburb of Paris, as French police are working to hunt down people suspected of involvement in last week's series of deadly attacks.
World | November 18, 2015, Wednesday // 07:28
The European Commission said on Wednesday that it has adopted a list of 195 key energy infrastructure projects that form key building blocks of the EU’s Energy Union.
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EU | November 18, 2015, Wednesday // 19:15
The European Commission said on Wednesday that it adopted measures to make it more difficult to acquire and possess firearms in the European Union.
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EU | November 18, 2015, Wednesday // 17:28
The EU has made ‘much progress’ since the adoption of the Energy Union Framework Strategy nine months ago, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
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EU | November 18, 2015, Wednesday // 15:41
Kosovo police fired tear gas to disperse about 150 protesters outside the government building in Pristina on Wednesday as a crisis deepens over relations with Serbia, Reuters reported.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is on a working visit to Turkey for the first time since taking office in January.
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