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Month: February 2018

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport reports 6.6% passenger traffic increase in January 2018

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Airport saw a 6.6 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in January 2018, falling just short of half

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Europe 

Greece to top Eurogroup meeting agenda

February 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency euro zone, Greece

The implementation of the Greek bailout programme will top the agenda of a scheduled Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry mulling tougher sanctions against breaches of indoor smoking ban

February 19, 2018February 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health is considering adopting proposals from anti-smoking NGOs for considerably tougher penalties for breaches of the ban

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Sport 

Federer sweeps Dimitrov aside in Rotterdam final

February 18, 2018February 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov has now lost all seven meetings against Roger Federer after losing the Rotterdam Open final 2-6, 2-6 on

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Bulgaria 

Memorial to Bulgarian Liberation hero Levski unveiled at embassy in Athens

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A memorial to Vassil Levski was unveiled at the Bulgarian embassy in Greek capital Athens on February 18, the day

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Bulgaria World 

Second US Navy Sixth Fleet destroyer enters Black Sea

February 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney joined USS Ross in the Black Sea to conduct maritime security operations on February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: Lukov March was demonstration of xenophobia, discrimination and hatred

February 18, 2018February 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on February 18 that it categorically condemns the demonstration of xenophobia, discrimination and hatred,

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Bulgaria 

2018 Lukov March goes ahead in Sofia, joined by foreign far-right groups

February 17, 2018February 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Supporters of Neo-Nazi and far-right groups from Russia, Germany, Hungary and Greece joined the hundreds of torch-bearing participants in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: EU Western Balkans strategy ‘good platform’ for speeding reforms

February 17, 2018February 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission’s strategy for the Western Balkans provides a good platform for accelerating reforms and strengthening the European prospects

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