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Day: February 24, 2017

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Bulgaria caretaker PM ‘asked but not pushed’ Interior Ministry chief to quit

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov said on February 24 that he had asked former Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi

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Most Bulgarian school pupils are learning English as a second language, Russian runs second

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Close to 99 per cent of Bulgarian school pupils are learning a second language, and of these, 87 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Education Minister: 143 refugee children studying at Bulgarian schools

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

A total of 143 refugee children are studying at Bulgarian schools, caretaker Education Minister Nikolai Denkov told a conference on

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Bulgaria elections 2017: Former nationalist MEP is candidate for ‘Turkish party’

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2017

In one of the most astonishing twists in Bulgaria’s 2017 early parliamentary elections, Slavi Binev – formerly a member of

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Sensata Technologies Bulgaria handed Investor of the Year top prize

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The InvestBulgaria Agency has handed its top prize, the Golden Bull, to Sensata Technologies Bulgaria at the Investor of the

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Bulgaria 

Official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary elections begins

February 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 early parliamentary elections began on February 24, with a total of

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