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Day: February 23, 2018

Bulgaria 

Archaeological finds from construction of Bulgaria’s Struma Motorway on exhibition

February 23, 2018February 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Unique archeological finds discovered in 2017 during the construction of the Struma Motorway are part of the exhibits at the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria road agency warns motorists weather will worsen on February 25

February 23, 2018February 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency has warned motorists that weather conditions will worsen on February 25 2018, with blizzards and snowfalls

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Bulgaria 

Proposed sale of CEZ’s Bulgarian assets electrifies political passions

February 23, 2018February 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The announcement that Czech state-owned utility CEZ intended to sell its Bulgarian assets to a largely anonymous entity spurred a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria backs Serbia’s implementation of reforms on its European path, Radev tells Vučić

February 23, 2018February 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Serbia

Bulgaria is ready to work with Serbia to deepen good-neighbourliness in the Western Balkans and in the implementation of reforms

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Energy Minister Petkova submits resignation over CEZ sale deal

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy

Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on February 23 that she was submitting her resignation from Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Business 

Sofia Startup Expo 2018 to take place for the first time in Bulgaria

February 23, 2018March 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The first Bulgarian exposition for startup innovative companies Sofia Startup Expo 2018 (SSE) will take place in Sofia in March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling parties: ‘Coalition is stable’

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s governing coalition is stable, the partners in the ruling majority said after talks in the Parliament building on February

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Bulgaria 

Statue to be unveiled on March 1 as part of planned Historic Park near Bulgaria’s Varna

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

A statue, billed as the largest bronze sculpture on the Balkan peninsula, is to be unveiled on March 1 2018

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Europe 

Removal of monuments in Skopje, whose turn is next?

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

After the removal of one of the monuments of Skopje 2014 project, the government and other institutions in the Republic

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