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Day: April 19, 2018

Perspectives 

Bulgarian security council meeting agrees on ‘urgency’ of military modernisation (again)

April 19, 2018April 21, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security met for more than four hours on April 19, ending with President Roumen Radev

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 204.9M euro

April 19, 2018April 18, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2018 stood at 204.9 million euro, the equivalent of

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Europe 

Murder of Ján Kuciak: European Parliament urges action to protect journalists across the EU

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Media, Slovakia

The European Parliament must better protect journalists and whistle-blowers and Slovakia must ensure a thorough, independent and international investigation into

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria granted protection status to 1530 Syrian asylum-seekers in 2017 – Eurostat

April 19, 2018April 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees, Syria

Ninety per cent of the people granted protection status by Bulgaria in 2017 were from Syria, EU statistics agency Eurostat

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to join eHealth co-operation for data sharing to personalise health care

April 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria was to become on April 19 the 14th country to sign the European Declaration on linking genomic databases across

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Traffic Police: 7584 violations of speed limits during 24-hour operation

April 19, 2018April 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 7584 incidents of breaking of speed limits were detected during a special 24-hour operation in Bulgaria, traffic

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Bulgaria 

Switzerland extends quotas on residence permits for Bulgarians, Romanians to May 2019

April 19, 2018April 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The government of Switzerland has extended until May 31 2019 the quotas on issuing category B long-stay permits to Bulgarian and Romanian

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Europe 

EU foreign policy chief Mogherini holds talks with Western Balkans prime ministers

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Bulgarian EU Presidency, Macedonia

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has held talks with prime ministers of the Western Balkans countries, encouraging them

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