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Local elections are coming in just days, and Novinite is fully aware it did not provide the campaign coverage a news outlet covering a particular country usually does whatever vote is forthcoming.

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and visiting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov met at the Presidential Mansion in Greece on Wednesday to discuss the strengthening of bilateral relations between Greece and Bulgaria. Pavlopoulos stressed that the already very good relations between the two countries can become even better.

Bulgaria will sign a deal for the repair of the engines of its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets with Poland on Thursday, the Defence Ministry in Sofia announced on Tuesday.

Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) received the green light from the government on Tuesday to hire contractors for the construction of a section of a motorway that will link Sofia with Kalotina crossing on the border with Serbia.

Housing prices in Bulgaria's capital Sofia have risen by 6% on the year in the first nine months of 2015 and the number of closed property deals has increased by 20% over the same period, according to data of Bulgarian Properties real estate agency. 

Bulgaria has sent two of the total 112 user data requests received by social network LinkedIn in the first six months of this year, an official report reads.

Authorities in Sofia have been granted access to one of the two accounts they have asked about.

This makes Bulgaria one of the few countries which submitted requests over the respective period.

Local elections are coming in just days, and Novinite is fully aware it did not provide the campaign coverage a news outlet covering a particular country usually does whatever vote is forthcoming.

Boosting cooperation between Bulgaria and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in countering illegal migration to Europe was in the focus of a meeting between Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov and IOM Deputy Director General Laura Thompson in Sofia on Monday.

Three Bulgarian players were selected in the dream team of this year's edition of the men's volleyball European Championship, which ended on Sunday.

Bulgaria's Viktor Yosifov was declared second best middle blocker of the tournament, while his fellow national Teodor Todorov was awarded as best middle blocker.

Bulgaria and the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) will deepen their cooperation in countering corruption and fraud.

This was agreed at a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and OLAF Director-General Giovanni Kessler in Sofia on Monday.