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Month: May 2018

Bulgaria 

Sofia Summit on May 17 aims to ‘inject new energy’ into EU – Western Balkans relationship

May 14, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

The summit to be held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on May 17 2918 “will aim to inject new energy

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport reports 7.6% passenger traffic increase in April 2018

May 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Airport saw a 7.6 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in April 2018, exceeding 600 000 passengers, the

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Europe 

EU municipalities can apply from May 15 for funding for free wi-fi in public spaces

May 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The first call for municipality applications for free Wi-Fi hotspots will open on May 15 2018 at 1pm CEST, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Holy Synod to meet on Macedonian church question

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, will meet this week on questions including whether it

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Bulgaria 

WJC condemns ‘disturbing and provocative’ anti-Semitic symbols at Bulgarian football match

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The World Jewish Congress has strongly condemned the “disturbing and provocative” photographs that emerged last week in Bulgaria showing two

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Business 

Bulgaria’s investment to GDP ratio dropped more than nine percentage points in 10 years

May 14, 2018May 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The ratio of investment to GDP in Bulgaria dropped by 9.1 percentage points between 2007 and 2017, according to figures

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Bulgaria 

Wife of Bulgarian mountaineer missing in the Himalayas says rescuers should not risk their lives

May 13, 2018May 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Radoslava Nenova, the wife of Boyan Petrov who was last seen on May 3 during an expedition in the Himalayas

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Plovdiv’s Regional Archaeological Museum exhibits items from ancient Episcopal Basilica

May 13, 2018May 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

An exhibition of items from Plovdiv’s Episcopal Basilica, the largest early Christian basilica of its kind found on the Balkans

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Exhibition ‘Bernini and the Roman Baroque – the Language of Modernity’ opens on May 15

May 13, 2018May 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Bernini and the Roman Baroque – the Language of Modernity” opens at the Palace of the National

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