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Bulgaria's Defence Council to Meet over Proposed Acquisition of New Warplane

The defence council to Bulgaria's defence ministry is expected to meet on Tuesday to review the draft project for acquisition of a new warplane for the needs of the country's air force.

This was announced by Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev during a press conference on Monday.

Bulgaria Reports Government Debt of EUR 11.6 B for End-January

Bulgaria's government debt totalled EUR 11.60 B in nominal terms at the end of January, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday.

This compared with total government debt of EUR 10.63 B at the end of January 2015 and EUR 11.61 B at the end of December 2015, Finance Ministry data showed.

Bulgarian MPs to Dissolve Ad Hoc Committee on Alleged Russian, Turkish Interference

The Bulgarian parliament is expected to dissolve the recently established ad hoc committee of inquiry on allegations of Russian and Turkish interference in the internal affairs of Bulgaria.

This was stated by high-level sources within the main ruling party GERB for Standart daily.

Bulgarian President Begins Month of Political Consultations

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will begin on Monday the traditional month of political consultations with the parliamentary represented parties.

In the coming days, Plevneliev will meet in turn with the leadership of the eight parliamentary represented parties, starting from the smallest and proceeding to the largest.

Bulgaria's PM Says He Is 'Preparing for War'

The main ruling GERB party is "already at war", Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Saturday told the party's youth wing at a meeting in Southwestern Bulgaria.

He didn't explicitly refer to the "opponent" GERB is in war with, but hinted he was referring either to organized crime or to those political opponents trying to discredit him.

Ex-DPS Head Mestan Urges Dialogue on Oligarchy with Bulgaria's 'PMs'

Former DPS party chair Lyutvi Mestan has said he is ready for a "deep conversation" about the oligarchs that have dominated Bulgaria for years, but has added "Prime Ministers" should also be involved.

Mestan on Sunday did an interview with private bTV station after launching his political project, Democrats for Responsibility, Solidarity and Tolerance (DOST), a day earlier.

Bulgaria's Defense Ministry to Scrap Some Public Tenders

Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev said on Sunday his institution will cancel some "less relevant" public procurement procedures to ensure a more efficient spending and transparency.

Protesting Greek Farmers Said to Be Abandoning Roadblocks

Greek farmers protesting at pension and tax reforms proposed by the government have started to abandon the roadblocks they had manned for more than a month, Kathimerini reported in its online English-language edition on Saturday.

The Globe and Mail: Russia, Turkey Waging 'Proxy Battle' in Bulgaria

Russia and Turkey are fighting for control over Bulgaria's Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) political party "in a proxy battle in their wider conflict", Victor Kotsev writes in an article for Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail published on Friday.

"The fight threatens to destabilize further the European Union's southern border," the author says.

Death of Palestinian Man in Sofia Remains Shrouded in Mystery

Palestinian officials have claimed that a Palestinian man found dead in the garden of the Palestinian embassy in Sofia had been assassinated by Israel, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported on Friday.

Palestinian Sought by Israel Dies in Bulgaria

Bulgarian authorities are investigating the death of a Palestinian citizen, Omar Nayef Zayed, who was found in a critical condition in the grounds of the Palestinian embassy in Sofia on Friday.

He died at the scene before the paramedics could take him to hospital, the Secretary-General of the Interior Ministry, Georgi Kostov, said. This was later confirmed by the embassy.

Rifts Widen at Migration Summit in Brussels

Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told a meeting of interior ministers from the EU, Turkey and the Balkans in Brussels that the EU's migration strategy faced collapse, as differences over ways to deal with the crisis surfaced once again.

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