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    Johnny Cash estate sues Coke, fake voice stirs ad scandal

    Johnny Cash's estate is going after Coca-Cola for allegedly using a tribute singer to fake the country legend's voice in their college football ads without asking permission. The beverage company hired someone who markets himself as a Cash impersonator to record vocals that would sound as close...
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    Oasis merch pop-ups hit London, Dublin as reunion buzz soars

    Oasis is setting up temporary merch shops in London and Dublin that stay open until late December after wrapping their reunion tour. The London spot on Regent Street opens first with a room showing tour footage and fan content, while Dublin launches at Stephen's Green Shopping Centre the next...
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    Wasserman amps up UK team, rock royalty joins the roster

    Wasserman Music just loaded up their UK crew with four people to handle tours and artist stuff. Paul Ryan came over as a senior VP, bringing his metal and rock portfolio with bands like Sleep Token and Architects, while grabbing some new acts. Chris Lander jumped into work on the podcast side...
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    EU backs Gambia schools with millions, girls’ futures in focus

    The EU dropped 20 million euros on Gambia to juice up secondary schools and get more teachers trained with extra focus on girls and disabled students. Higher Education Minister Pierre Gomez said the cash hits right when they're turning Gambia College into a proper university and upgrading all...
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    Madrassah graduates get new path, board aims for real change

    Gambia just rolled out a National Madrassah Board to get Islamic school grads into universities and technical programs after years of them getting locked out of higher education. Higher Education Minister Pierre Gomez said the board fixes problems with broken infrastructure and curricula that...
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    Solar theft suspects out on bail, panels missing for years

    A Gambian guy, Momodou Wurry Jallow, and a Sierra Leonean dude, Kaaba Yankee, both got slapped with 100k dalasi bail after getting pinched for allegedly jacking solar panels from the NAWEC plant in Jambur. Each needs two Gambian co-signers and they both said they didn't do it when they rolled up...
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    4H Norway cheers Gambia’s youth drive, land deal still lags

    A crew from 4H Norway just wrapped two weeks checking on their partner org 4H Gambia, and said the youth and women empowerment work is looking solid. The Norwegian visitors sat in on the annual meeting in Farafenni, where everyone went over reports and locked in plans for next year, while the...
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    Gambia rallies for goat plague plan, rural livelihoods at stake

    Gambia just wrapped up reviewing its plan to wipe out Peste des Petits Ruminants by 2030 after the African Union helped fund a weekend workshop. The disease hammers sheep and goats hard and basically wrecks the income for smallholder farmers who depend on those animals for cash and food...
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    Varna mayor freed as bail frenzy hits, justice in question

    Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev is getting sprung on 200k leva bail after his lawyer, Ina Lulcheva, argued the prosecution had nothing new since August and keeping him locked up was basically just harassment. The court agreed he doesn't need to stay in custody anymore since it's not serving any real...
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    Vazrazhdane slams Sofia pipe deal, millions unaccounted

    Vazrazhdane councilors are raising hell over a 60 million leva heating network project in Sofia's Druzhba neighborhood after their audit found around 40 million leva missing from the books. Party chairman Deyan Nikolov says Toplofikatsiya Sofia can't explain where the money went and their...
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    Malawi ex-president raided over dogs, petty power games

    Police ran up on former Malawian president Lazarus Chakwera at his spot in Area 10, Lilongwe, yesterday, hunting for four German Shepherds that apparently got jacked from State House. The whole thing was about some dogs. People are saying this petty stuff is exactly why African leaders won't...
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    BSP draws red line on cuts, warns of coalition shakeup

    BSP leader Atanas Zafirov just dropped an ultimatum on his coalition buddies from GERB, and There Is Such A People. He said his party's gonna bounce from the government if they gut all the social stuff from the revised 2026 budget. That means no wage hikes, no pension bumps, and no maternity...
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    Ministers hustle for budget fix, Christmas shifts on deck

    Environment Minister Manol Genov thinks they can still get Budget 2026 passed before the year ends, after Borisov told the PM and Finance Minister to pull it back. He says this is just continuing the same process rather than starting fresh, and MPs might need to work through Christmas to get it...
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    Budget backtrack leaves leaders scrambling, parrots quiet

    Kornelia Ninova from Rebellious Bulgaria went off on Facebook after Borisov said the government was pulling back Budget 2026 to redo it. She called out all the ministers and deputies who kept saying this was the only budget that could work, and asked what had changed since they were all pushing...
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    Fiscal fix urged for Bulgaria, VAT hike debate heats up

    Council for Economic Analysis secretary Plamen Nenov told Bulgarian National Radio that the country needs gradual fiscal tightening since the economy is running hotter than its actual capacity, according to central bank numbers. The economist said raising VAT is not ideal because it would spike...
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    AI fights graft and stress, Sofia conference unveils defense tech

    Sofia hosted the annual AFCEA TechNet conference, where three European Commission-funded defense projects got shown off. The FALCON system uses AI to catch high-level corruption by tracking luxury purchases and crypto transfers from government officials with suspicious connections. Biomarker...
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    Lyulin waste piles up again, snow threat adds to the mess

    Lyulin district mayor Georgi Todorov told the Sofia Municipal Council that trash problems are coming back hard after the last ten days turned into a dumpster fire, with heaps piling up again. The region has 1,500 bins that need emptying daily to avoid a full meltdown but the system is not...
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    Terziev’s city hall revamp stalls again, council digs in heels

    Sofia's mayor, Vasil Terziev, got his municipal restructuring plan rejected for the second time after city council members from everyone except PP-DB and Save Sofia voted against it or abstained. The proposal wanted to add a deputy mayor position focused on urban planning plus create specialized...
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    Borisov touts unity move, budget talks put everyone back at the table

    GERB boss Boyko Borisov said talks with employers and unions are back on after the government yanked their budget proposal following street protests. Finance Ministry meetings kick off with business groups KRIB and BIA plus the two big labor unions Podkrepa and CITUB, to hash out details, with...
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    Sofia erupts over tax hike, human chain blocks parliament exits

    Western outlets like AP and EuroNews covered massive Bulgarian protests where around 20k people surrounded parliament to block lawmakers voting on the 2026 budget that jacks up taxes and social security payments. PP-DB opposition coalition organized the rally against spending that hits almost 46...
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