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Day: March 1, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President meets Muslim spiritual leader, speaks against religion being politicised

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev held talks on March 1 with Chief Mufti Mustafa Hadji, spiritual leader of the country’s Muslim

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Bulgaria 

High political tension in Bulgaria as future of CEZ sale remains unclear

March 1, 2018March 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

One week after Czech utility CEZ announced its intention to sell all its assets in Bulgaria, during which every politician

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Bulgaria 

Almost half of schools in Bulgaria closed because of severe winter weather

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, Varna

Heavy snowfalls and difficult road conditions have led to almost half of the schools in Bulgaria being closed, according to

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Bulgaria 

Juncker at Sofia meeting: ‘Even more convinced place of Western Balkans is in EU’

March 1, 2018March 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency

Speaking after co-hosting a summit of Western Balkans leaders in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on March 1, European Commission President Jean-Claude

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Business 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2018 was 5.9%, down from 6.6% a year earlier – Eurostat

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2018 was 5.9 per cent, down from 6.6 per cent in January 2017 and again

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Bulgaria 

Montenegro is a good example for the region, Bulgarian PM tells Duško Marković

March 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Montenegro

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU, has reaffirmed

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Europe 

Alexander the Great monument removed from Skopje airport

March 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The Alexander the Great monument was removed late on the night of February 28 from Skopje’s airport, a few days

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Bulgaria 

Open lesson on tolerance held as Bulgaria commemorates 75th anniversary of rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

March 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

An open lesson on tolerance was held in the Bulgarian town of Sliven, among a series of events being held

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Bulgaria 

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill to visit Bulgaria for celebrations of 140th annniversary of Liberation

March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Russia

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill is to head a delegation on a visit to Bulgaria from March 2 to 4

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