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Day: May 12, 2017

Bulgaria 

Shechtman at the Sofia Science Festival: ‘Only the educated will be able to survive in the future’

May 12, 2017May 15, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

Can we teach technological entrepreneurship? Professor Dan Shechtman’s answer: “Yes, we can – and we should”. Shechtman, an Israeli Nobel

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Podcast: Whisky time with Ewan Henderson of the Lost Distillery Company at the Sofia Science Festival

May 12, 2017May 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, Sofia Science Festival

At the 2017 Sofia Science Festival, Ewan Henderson – global ambassador for the Lost Distillery Company – took an enthusiastic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian deputy PM pledges crackdown on grey economy at Black Sea, and a ‘show at Sunny Beach’

May 12, 2017May 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Valeri Simeonov, one of two deputy prime ministers from the nationalist United Patriots in Boiko Borissov’s coalition government, has pledged

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Bulgaria 

2750 asylum-seekers in Bulgaria in 2016 were unaccompanied minors – Eurostat

May 12, 2017May 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

The number of unaccompanied minors among asylum-seekers in Bulgaria in 2016 was 2750, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said. This

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Bulgaria 

Life expectancy in Bulgaria has increased, but still among lowest in the EU

May 12, 2017May 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Between 2006 and 2016, life expectancy in Bulgaria increased to 74.7 years, but this remains among the lowest in the

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