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Month: April 2017

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Bulgarian President claims ‘many disturbing facts’ about Turkish border fence

April 21, 2017April 23, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev conjured up new controversy around himself by alleging on April 21 that there

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Bulgaria 

Political row in Bulgaria over elevated uranium levels in water in three towns

April 21, 2017April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has labelled as a “repeat of the Chernobyl syndrome” reports of information being concealed from people

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev to start consultations on mandate to form government on April 24

April 21, 2017April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria head of state President Roumen Radev will begin on April 24 a succession of meetings with the five parliamentary

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s former president Rossen Plevneliev sharply criticises successor Roumen Radev

April 21, 2017April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former head of state, Rossen Plevneliev, has for the second time this month sharply criticised his successor, incumbent President

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 102.4M euro

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2017 stood at 102.4 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Draft agreement on new Bulgarian government between GERB and United Patriots to be ready on April 21

April 20, 2017April 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The draft coalition government agreement between Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and the nationalist United Patriots will be ready on April

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court upholds suspended sentence in eavesdropping trial against former court chief

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled on April 20 to uphold the one-year suspended sentence, with a three-year probation period,

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Europe 

End of roaming charges for travellers in the EU in 2017: Q and A

April 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission has released an updated set of questions and answers on the June 15 2017 end to roaming

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Dozens of square metres of mosaic flooring from Plovdiv’s Great Basilica already restored

April 20, 2017April 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Restoration work on mosaic flooring from the site of Plovdiv’s Great Basilica archaeological site continued throughout this past winter, to

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