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Day: November 13, 2017

Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s 2018 EU Presidency: Bedtime stories

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Mark Thomas Bulgaria EU presidency, Sofia, tourism

The acceleration of the date when Bulgaria will take over the seat of the EU Presidency from the first half

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Europe 

EU signs historic defence pact as Brexit, Trump drive bloc to co-operate

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Brexit, Nato

Twenty-three member states of the European Union have signed a historic deal to co-operate more closely on defence. The pact,

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Bulgarian soldiers holding Kalashnikov semi automatic rifles
Perspectives 

Opinion: A small step toward a European army

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Nato

An historic breakthrough or just another attempt doomed to peter out? The EU plans to coordinate EU members’ military capacities

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Business 

YouTuber’s video prompts bizarre fine from Bulgaria’s competition watchdog

November 13, 2017November 24, 2017 Alex Bivol

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC)  has fined online electronics retailer Laptop.BG about 47 300 leva, on the grounds

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among 23 EU countries to sign ‘Pesco’ deal on defence co-operation

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov signed on November 13 a joint notification from 23 European

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Bulgaria 

European Commission approves 330M euro for Bulgaria for Struma motorway

November 13, 2017November 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on November 13 that it had approved an investment package worth almost 330 million euro from

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Business 

Iranian firms visit Bulgaria to explore opportunities for investment in the dairy sector

November 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Representatives of 15 Iranian dairy companies are exploring opportunities for partnership and investment in Bulgaria, the Economy Ministry said on

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Perspectives 

Tensions between Bulgaria’s President and governing majority not dissipating

November 13, 2017November 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The difficult relationship between Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s governing majority shows no sign of dissipating,

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Bulgaria 

Roman Catholics mark 65th anniversary of deaths of bishop and priests killed by Bulgarian communist regime

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Roman Catholics in Bulgaria have commemorated the memory of Nikopol Bishop Eugene Bossilkov and priests Kamen Vichev, Pavel Djidjov and

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