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US Poseidon plane patrols over Varna after drone attacks on ships (updated)
A US military plane is patrolling over the Black Sea after a rise in drone attacks on merchant ships off Bulgaria and Romania.
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US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol plane lands in Varna
The US Navy plane flew in from Sicily on 18 October. The next day it flew a long, low-altitude mission over the western Black Sea.
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Plovdiv gets 655,800 paper ballots for presidential election
Ballots for the 25 October vote reached Plovdiv by lorry from a printing house in Sofia, under police escort.
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Interior minister Demerdzhiev discusses tracing hidden assets with UN-backed network in Vienna
Interior minister Ivan Demerdzhiev met a representative of the GlobE Network in Vienna to discuss closer cooperation against corruption.
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Iotova and Valchev would beat Gyurov and Kandev in a runoff with 65.8%, Sova Harris poll says
Iotova and Valchev lead the first round with 49.2% of decided voters, according to a Sova Harris poll. A runoff will still be held, as the law…
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Georgi Kandev proposes "RAMO" plan to protect children from violence and addiction
The vice-presidential candidate wants the president's office to coordinate schools, police and social services without creating a new body.
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CommentaryBlack Sea drone attacks are unacceptable, Petrova and Orban tell BNT
The foreign ministers of Bulgaria and Hungary have condemned attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea. They called for more diplomacy to end…
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Interior ministry: 64 reports of election violations, 59 of them about vote buying
Police had opened 5 pre-trial cases and carried out 151 special operations by 19 October, ahead of the presidential election.
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Army uses drones to watch Bulgaria's Black Sea coast
Drones seen over the coast may be military, the Defence Ministry warned.
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Petrova after talks with Wang Yi: Bulgaria backs open dialogue between EU and China
Foreign minister Velislava Petrova met her Chinese counterpart, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria.
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Demerdzhiev in Vienna: crime is growing faster than ever
The interior minister spoke at a UN conference and met Monica Juma, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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EU ministers back recommendation against housing exclusion and homelessness
Labour minister Natalia Efremova presented Bulgaria's position at a meeting of the Employment and Social Policy Council in Luxembourg.
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CommentaryEuropean Parliament votes Thursday on resolution on Black Sea ship attacks
MEPs in Strasbourg are debating strikes on merchant ships off Bulgaria and Romania, after a ship sank off the Bulgarian coast on 13 October.
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Pharmacists want illegal sale of medicines made a crime
Five groups are calling for changes to the Criminal Code. The Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union also proposes that pharmacists with a master's degree be…
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Demerdzhiev in Vienna: Turkey border is much safer
Interior minister Ivan Demerdzhiev met his Austrian counterpart, Gerhard Karner. They discussed the EU's external borders, the Black Sea and…