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Day: March 28, 2018

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Bulgaria picks China’s HNA Group for Plovdiv Airport concession

March 28, 2018October 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s government said on March 28 that it has chosen a consortium that includes a subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate HNA

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sets 50-metre limit on height of new buildings in the centre of Sofia

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

New buildings in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia may be no more than 75 metres high, except in the centre, where

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s population forecast to drop by about 20% by the year 2040 – Cabinet report

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The population of Bulgaria will decrease by something between 20 and 25 per cent by the year 2040, according to

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors charge 11 Bulgarian National Revenue Agency staff over corruption

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Eleven employees of the National Revenue Agency in Sofia are to face charges of corruption while some also will face

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ruling party MP resigns over tax avoidance allegations

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Dimitar Gamishev, an MP for GERB, Bulgaria’s senior partner in the ruling coalition, submitted his resignation from Parliament on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov briefs Greek, Cypriot leaders on Varna EU – Turkey talks

March 28, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Cyprus, Greece, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has informed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on the issues

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv to launch 2019 European Capital of Culture status with three days of events in January

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv will launch its status as European Capital of Culture 2019 with a three-day series of events

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government to pay 40 leva ‘Easter bonus’ to pensioners with incomes below poverty line

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet agreed on March 28 2018 to pay an “Easter bonus” in April of 40

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Exhibition ‘Italian Futurism and Modern Art in Bulgaria. The example of Nikolay Diulgheroff’ opens on April 3

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “‘Italian Futurism and Modern Art in Bulgaria. The example of Nikolay Diulgheroff” opens at the Sofia Arsenal

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