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Day: February 22, 2018

Business 

CEZ board approves sale of Bulgarian assets

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Czech state-owned utility CEZ said on February 22 that its supervisory board has approved the sale of the group’s assets

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors press charges against former finance minister

February 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 22 that it has pressed charges against former finance minister Stoyan Alexandrov, who is

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Business 

EIB signs 30M euro deal with Raiffeisen Leasing Bulgaria on financing for SMEs

February 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an intermediated loan agreement of 30 million euro with Raiffeisen Leasing Bulgaria to

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Bulgaria 

Amnesty International slams Bulgaria on treatment of refugees, hate speech, media freedom

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Media, Refugees

Amnesty International has released its international report for 2017/18, in which it slams Bulgaria over its treatment of migrants and

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Europe 

Macedonia begins removing ‘Alexander the Great’ highway signs

February 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The removal of signs on a national highway in Macedonia calling it “Alexander the Great” began on February 21. In

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had fourth-highest murder rate in EU in 2015 – Eurostat

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Among EU countries, Bulgaria had the fourth-highest number of intentional homicide victims as a proportion of its population in 2015,

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Sofia Opera in March 2018: Turandot, Lakmé and Yana’s Nine Brothers

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

In March 2018, Sofia Opera and Ballet is presenting productions of Puccini’s Turandot, Delibes’s Lakmé and Lyubomir Pipkov’s Yana’s Nine

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake reported as 4.8 on Richter scale 148km from Bulgarian capital Sofia, 17km from Plovdiv

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

An earthquake initially reported to have measured 4.8 on the Richter scale, with an epicentre 148km south-east of Bulgarian capital

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