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The adoption of a law on the protection of national minorities in Albania is the first step. The adoption of a number of secondary legislation, which will regulate the implementation of the law and how the rights of the Bulgarian minority will be put into practice, are still to be adopted.

The Romanian authorities will hand over to Bulgaria 6 alleged telephone fraudsters who were detained in the neighbouring country, sources from the Prosecutor's office told BNT on 7th of May. The court in Bucharest has allowed the extradition, reports BNT. 

Bulgaria will allocate a total of 9.4 million BGN this and the next four years for the establishment of a World Bank office in the country. The estimates were made by the Ministry of Finance. According to them, this year the state budget will provide 1.4 million BGN, reports BNT.

This is the second such World Bank shared service centre outside America, the first one located in India.

A group of 50 PKK sympathizers invaded a building in London late April 24 where the offices of Turkish international news channel TRT World are located.

Putin, who spoke the during plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, referenced NATO's 1999 aerial war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, i.e., Serbia and Montenegro.

Bulgarian seaside hotels and restaurants started recruiting applicants for seasonal work. The largest number of vacancies is for waiters, bar tenders, chefs, maids and administrators, reports BNT. 

The Russian embassy in Greece on Wednesday rejected allegations of meddling in Greece's domestic affairs, raised by the US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt during an event on disinformation campaigns, describing it as "fake news."

Croatian reporters and media outlets staged a protest in Zagreb on Saturday in defense of media freedom - which they say is increasingly endangered by numerous lawsuits, political pressures, threats, and advertisers' demands.

They complain of routine disrespect for the laws - but also of a bad legal framework and the absence of a clear media policy.

According to Sputnik, the Balkans has not been mentioned during the Senate debate, but it is in the report itself.

"The Western Balkans will, almost certainly, be at a certain risk of low-level violence and a possible open military conflict in 2019," the NSA report said.

Flu cases are increasing throughout the country and more than half of Bulgaria is in flu epidemic, reports BNT. 

The districts of Razgrad and Veliko Turnovo declared flu epidemic as of today, 25th of January. Pleven and Rousse will be in epidemic as of 26th of January.