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Month: June 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian security service checks top judge’s car after tyre bolts found missing – report

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s National Protection Service initiated an investigation after the official car that was used by the head of the Supreme Cassation

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Bulgaria 

More than 8% of young Bulgarians used cannabis in a year – European annual report

June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

About 8.3 per cent of Bulgarians aged 15 to 34 had used cannabis in the past year, the European Monitoring

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Bulgaria 

Pleven prosecutor arrested in Palace of Justice in Sofia on organised crime charges, gaoler also held

June 6, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

A prosecutor from the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in the northern Bulgarian town of Pleven was arrested while in the Palace

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Leisure 

Bulgaria’s Plovdiv opens new tourist information centre

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

A modern information centre for tourists opens in Bulgaria’s second city, and future European Capital of Culture, Plovdiv on June

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Bulgaria 

French president Macron to visit Bulgaria in August – PM Borissov

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

French president Emmanuel Macron will visit Bulgaria in August 2017, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said after talks with Macron in

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Leisure 

A barge, a fortress and a cave: Sofia Opera and Ballet to tour in Belogradchik and Vidin in July and August

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Opera and Ballet is to perform in Belogradchik and Vidin in north-western Bulgaria in late July and early August,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev initiates series of meetings with leaders of judiciary to discuss judicial reform

June 5, 2017June 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on June 5 a series of hitherto-unannounced meetings with senior figures in

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Bulgaria 

Special Court in Sofia jails Australian-Bulgarian man for preparing to commit terrorism

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Special Criminal Court in Bulgarian capital Sofia has sentenced John “Ivan” Zahariev (21), an Australian and Bulgarian dual citizen,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian among the injured in June 3 terrorist attack in London – Foreign Ministry

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian citizen was among the dozens injured in the June 3 terrorist attack in London, the Foreign Ministry in

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