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  1. Munyaradzi Mafaro

    Protests flare as Gen Atanasov slams slow rule, budget heat rises

    General Atanas Atanasov from We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria told reporters the country is sliding into a winter of serious discontent after protesters hit the streets demanding resignations. He bailed from a demonstration before things got messy at the Bulgarian People's Rights...
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    Bulgaria opens green farming fund, young farmers get priority

    Bulgaria's Ministry of Agriculture started taking applications for a subsidy program aimed at eco-friendly farm upgrades, and the total pot comes out to around 165 million leva. The money covers organic orchards, livestock buildings for organic animal raising, gear for renewable energy...
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    Uranium taints Haskovo water, pipes leak millions

    Harmanli just joined Haskovo on the no-drinking-water list after uranium levels spiked in the region's supply. The local water company is rolling through neighborhoods with excavators to shut off service for people who owe more than three months of bills, and the total debt sits above 2 million...
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    Sofia-Skopje rail wins EU cash, Corridor 8 gets green light

    Bulgaria locked down funding for the Sofia-Skopje railway through the Connecting Europe Facility running until 2034, which basically means Corridor 8 is getting finished on Bulgarian turf. Deputy Prime Minister Grozdan Karadjov dropped this update at a transport ministers meeting in Brussels...
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    ZANU-PF breaks ground on $1M HQ, Manicaland gets flashy new digs

    ZANU PF's Manicaland branch is putting up a multi-story headquarters and conference center that's supposed to run over a million bucks. Provincial chairman Tawanda Mukodza told reporters the 3D designs got the green light, contractors showed up, and cement plus bricks are already getting dropped...
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    Dambudzo Mnangagwa hands ZANU-PF women cars, Chivayo flexes

    Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa just gave out 21 vehicles to the ZANU-PF Women's League after businessman Wicknell Chivayo ponied up the donation. The handover featured six Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series VXR models for top leadership, plus ten Toyota Hilux GD6 Double Cabs spread across...
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    Highways rerouted for roadwork, detours ahead

    Drivers around Sofia better get ready for some traffic headaches on major highways like Hemus, Struma, and Trakia. The Road Infrastructure Agency says lane closures and detours are coming because of marking work, drainage fixes, and bridge repairs across different stretches of these routes...
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    Drone-hit Russian tanker Kairos stranded, rough seas delay crew rescue

    That Russian tanker Kairos that got wrecked by drones near the Bosphorus ended up stuck off Ahtopol with 10 sailors aboard, and rough seas kept helicopters from pulling the crew out. Locals spotted the busted ship sitting about 100 meters from shore and freaked out because if the anchor gives...
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    Pamela’s Disco lands, DJs can now sync Eurorack to decks

    ALM/Busy Circuits just released the Pamela's Disco, a 4HP Eurorack module that connects modular setups to PRO DJ LINK networks through basic Ethernet. The thing converts Master Tempo data from decks into regular modular clock signals and keeps everything locked tight without needing any...
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    Omnisphere Corvus drops, 126 fresh sounds at intro price

    The Very Loud Indeed Co. dropped Omnisphere Corvus with 126 new patches that vibe differently from their recent Cobalt release. Founder Richie Nieto says they built everything from scratch by recording various synths and running them through effect processors before turning them into Omnisphere...
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    New budget caps state debt at 10 billion euros, pension hike set

    Bulgaria just dropped a tweaked budget that caps new state borrowing at 10 billion euros instead of the original 10.5 billion, and the framework got posted right before midnight. The plan has a 3.2 million euro loan built in through the SAFE mechanism, plus they're bumping social security...
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    Russian tanker Kairos drifts to Bulgaria, crew evacuated after drone hit

    That Russian tanker Kairos that got smacked by Ukrainian drones near Turkey back in November just washed up about a mile off Bulgaria's coast with 10 crew members asking for evacuation. The ship was getting dragged by a Turkish tugboat that apparently just ditched it near Bulgarian waters, and...
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    Peter Obi pushes education for inmates, vows to cover exam fees

    Peter Obi says prisoners in Anambra State correctional facilities need help paying for their NECO exams, or they'll get kicked out of the testing after Monday. Representatives from the inmates hit him up, explaining that 148 people across four facilities registered for the exams at around 30k...
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    NAF jet crashes in Niger, pilots walk away unscathed

    A Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet went down near Karabonde in Niger State's Borgu Local Government Area, and both pilots apparently made it out alive, according to a Lapai TV posting about it. The crash happened somewhere around the evening hours, but military officials haven't dropped any official...
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    Akpabio calls out Natasha, lawsuit follows social media storm

    Senate President Godswill Akpabio says he filed that N40 billion defamation case against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over three months back, not recently like she claimed on social media. His office pointed out that the Kogi senator kept dodging court officials trying to serve her papers...
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    NAFDAC sounds alarm on smuggled foods, crackdown looms

    NAFDAC is warning everyone that smuggled food like pasta, noodles, sugar, and tomato paste keeps showing up in Nigerian markets even though the government banned importing that stuff. Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye said these products never went through safety checks, and selling them breaks...
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    FIRS boss shrugs off sack talk, stays on tax relief track

    Some civic group called Guardian of Truth says FIRS chairman Zacch Adedeji is still pushing forward with rolling out the new tax laws despite some lawmaker named Ikenga Ugochinyere demanding he get fired. Spokesperson Clement Kolawole basically laughed off the whole thing, and he explained that...
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    Ndume blasts ambassadorial picks, flags unfair spread

    Senator Ali Ndume from Borno South is telling President Tinubu to pull back his ambassador picks because the list completely ignores federal character rules, and he says letting it slide will just make ethnic tensions worse. The breakdown shows some wild imbalances with the South-West getting 15...
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    Okpebholo links abductions to plot, says Tinubu won’t fold

    Edo Governor Monday Okpebholo claims the recent kidnapping spree happening across Nigeria is part of some plot to mess with President Bola Tinubu, and he says the same tactics worked against Goodluck Jonathan back in the day. Bandits have been hitting churches and communities hard lately...
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    Mahdi Shehu questions North’s will, doubts real backing for state police

    Public affairs guy Mahdi Shehu thinks northern politicians talk a big game about wanting state police, but probably aren't actually ready to fund them properly. He dropped this take after pointing out how regional leaders let local security problems turn into nationwide disasters because they...
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