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Month: February 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Central Election Commission rejects sole bid to supply voting machines

February 25, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has rejected the sole bid to rent voting machines to it for the March 26

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Bulgaria 

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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Bulgaria 

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 

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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Business 

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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Bulgaria 

Italian Air Force to aid in Bulgarian air policing in summer 2017

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Italian Air Force aircraft will assist in joint policing of Bulgaria’s air space in summer 2017, Bulgarian caretaker Defence Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court strikes down compulsory voting sanction

February 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on February 23 to overturn a provision from the Electoral Code that stipulated the conditional loss

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