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Day: August 23, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General: Probe Into “Investment Interests” Behind Tobacco Town Fire

August 23, 2016March 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov says that the investigation into the fire that gutted an ensemble of historic tobacco warehouses in

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Bulgaria People 

Prominent Bulgarian TV presenter Dimitar Tsonev dies

August 23, 2016August 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Dimitar Tsonev, a prominent Bulgarian television journalist and former government spokesperson, died on August 23 at the age of 56,

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General pledges probe into ‘investment interests’ behind Tobacco Town fire

August 23, 2016August 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov says that the investigation into the fire that gutted an ensemble of historic tobacco warehouses in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Turkish daily newspaper Zaman-Bulgaria closes

August 23, 2016August 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Media, Turkey

Zaman Bulgaria, a dual Turkish and Bulgarian-language daily dating back more than 24 years, has announced that it is closing

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Bulgaria 

Number of migrant arrivals in Bulgaria drops in third week of August

August 23, 2016August 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The number of migrants and refugees arriving in Bulgaria dropped sharply in the third week of August 2016, though the

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