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Month: December 2017

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‘Gold coin treasure from Karlovo’ exhibition at Plovdiv Archaeological Museum until March 2018

December 4, 2017December 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

An exhibition entitled “Gold Coin Treasure from Karlovo” opened at the Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv on December 4 and

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Business 

Bulgaria matches EU average of household spending on alcohol

December 4, 2017December 5, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

In 2016, households in Bulgaria spent 1.6 per cent of their total consumption expenditure on alcoholic beverages – precisely matching

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Scandal as Palestinian stand politicises International Women’s Club charity bazaar in Sofia

December 3, 2017December 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

There was outrage as the charity bazaar of the International Women’s Club in Sofia saw politicisation of the event by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Patriarch Neofit does not attend Moscow Patriarchate’s restoration centenary celebrations

December 3, 2017December 4, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia, Russia

A delegation of senior clergy from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church left for the celebrations of the centenary of the restoration

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Perspectives 

Erdogan’s visit to Athens shapes his new policy agenda

December 3, 2017December 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been blamed for a lot (of situations in the past) and many could still

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Bulgaria 

See if you can see the Super Moon over Bulgaria on December 3

December 3, 2017December 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The night of December 3 2017 offers the first of a succession of Super Moons in a few weeks, to

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Bulgaria 

Head of Nato Military Committee praises Bulgaria’s contribution to the alliance

December 2, 2017December 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The head of the Nato Military Committee, General Petr Pavel, has praised Bulgaria’s contribution to the alliance’s activities, missions and

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Business 

Fitch, S&P Global Ratings raise credit ratings for Bulgaria

December 2, 2017June 2, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Bulgaria’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘. The outlooks are

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Europe 

War criminal Slobodan Praljak used cyanide to kill himself in court

December 2, 2017 Deutsche Welle Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia

Preliminary results from a toxicological test on December 1 have revealed “a concentration of potassium cyanide” in Slobodan Praljak’s blood,

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