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Month: April 2018

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Bulgarian government boosts funding to promote country as year-round tourism destination

April 11, 2018April 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has agreed to provide a further 1.68 million leva (about 859 000 euro) to the Ministry of Tourism

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Bulgaria extends consular protection to EU citizens in non-EU countries

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Citizens of the European Union in countries outside the EU will be able to approach the Bulgarian embassy or consulate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Tourism Ministry opens hotline for complaints about breaches of the law

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism has opened a telephone line and set up an e-mail address to receive complaints about breaches

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Bulgaria 

Pavlova: First three months of Bulgarian EU presidency successful, big challenges yet to come

April 11, 2018April 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian EU Presidency, Turkey

The first three months of Bulgaria’s Presidency of the Council of the EU have been successful, while the big challenges

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Bulgaria 

American Jewish Committee names Viktor Melamed director of its new office in Sofia

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has announced that it has appointed Viktor Melamed the director of its new office in

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Bulgaria 

Kosovo does not aim to start conflicts or armed attacks, Thaçi tells Bulgarian PM

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Kosovo, Serbia

In an April 10 telephone conversation, Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi assured Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov that his country does

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister Zaharieva opens Bulgarian embassy in Abu Dhabi

April 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva opened on April 10 the country’s 77th embassy abroad, in Abu Dhabi, the capital city

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Bulgaria 

Romania pushes Bulgaria into second place to claim EU’s highest road death rate in 2017

April 10, 2018April 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Bulgaria, which for a number of years has had the highest road death rate in the European Union, is now

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Bulgaria 

Facebook estimates 35 700 Bulgarians affected by Cambridge Analytica breach – report

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Only 18 Bulgarian Facebook users downloaded the quiz app employed in the Cambridge Analytica data breach, but as many as

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