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Month: March 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo faces weekend without water because of supply system failure

March 10, 2018March 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Veliko Turnovo

The city of Veliko Turnovo in north-central Bulgaria and 14 villages in the region faced a weekend without water on

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Business 

EIB invested 299M euro in Bulgaria in 2017

March 9, 2018March 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Investment Bank has extended 299 million euro in loans and guarantees to Bulgarian corporate entities in 2017, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks March 9 anniversary of 1943 rescue of Bulgarian Jews

March 9, 2018March 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A wreath-laying ceremony in central Sofia and the launch of a book in the Parliament building were among key events

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Bulgaria 

Row in Bulgarian nationalist coalition continues after Simeonov refuses to apologise to Russian Patriarch Kirill

March 9, 2018March 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Tensions in Bulgaria’s United Patriots coalition, the grouping of nationalist and far-right parties that is the minority partner in government,

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Bulgaria Perspectives 

Bulgaria rushes to ‘self-defence’: Ami, get your gun

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

One night in Plovdiv, recently, a doctor shot dead a thief. The facts of how that transpired are disputed. Perceptions,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister meets Israeli delegation as country marks 75th anniversary of rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

March 8, 2018March 11, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Israel

The Bulgarian authorities are doing everything essential to prevent all forms of intolerance, xenophobia and discrimination, “and you can rely

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Europe 

Western Balkan security tops agenda as EU interior ministers meet in Brussels

March 8, 2018March 11, 2018 Deutsche Welle

European interior ministers convened in Brussels on March 8 2018 to discuss how the bloc will coordinate its latest security and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov, Brexit secretary Davis talk bilateral relations

March 8, 2018March 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov offered visiting Brexit secretary David Davis reassurances of continued close bilateral relations with Britain, after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church honoured for 1940s role in rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust

March 8, 2018March 10, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The organisations of Bulgarian Jews in this country and in Israel conferred honours on March 8 on the Bulgarian Orthodox

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