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Month: May 2015

Leisure 

What’s On: 2015 ‘Opera Open’ in Plovdiv from June 19 to July 22

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Plovdiv State Opera is to present “Opera Open”, a programme of five performances, from June 19 to July 22 2015

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Leisure 

What’s On: 2015 ‘Opera in the Park’ in Sofia from June 12 to July 18

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The sixth annual Opera in the Park is being held in Sofia from June 12 to July 18 2015, with

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Europe 

EC asks Bulgaria to implement bank recovery directive

May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, European Commission

The European Commission said on May 28 that it has asked 11 EU member states, Bulgaria among them, to fully

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Sport 

US sponsors weigh support after Fifa corruption charges

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 VOANews

Sponsors are calling for football’s governing body Fifa to make changes while its regional federations debate the future of its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria backs idea of EU sending special envoy to Macedonia

May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria supports the idea of the European Union sending a special envoy to Macedonia to resolve the political crisis in

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Business 

Increased optimism about Bulgarian business climate in May, for fifth straight month – NSI

May 28, 2015May 31, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Opinions among executives in Bulgaria about the country’s business climate improved in May 2015, the fifth consecutive month of increased

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Bulgaria 

Sofia taxi company owner in TV shouting match after drivers overcharged foreigners

May 28, 2015May 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

An expose by a Bulgarian television show about taxi drivers hugely overcharging foreigners led to a bust-up on breakfast television

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs tighten restrictions to prevent convicts from fleeing

May 28, 2015May 31, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading amendments to the Penal Procedure Code meant to impose tighter restrictions on criminal case

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls for action against politicians using hate speech

May 28, 2015May 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

State institutions and prosecutors should be completely free to take action against politicians who use hate speech, Bulgarian President Rossen

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