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Month: May 2018

Europe 

Athens seen to be making significant progress in ‘Macedonia’ name talks

May 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The Greek government appears to be making significant progress in talks with Skopje in search of a solution to the

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Bulgaria 

More than 12% of Bulgarians of working age live in another EU country – Eurostat

May 28, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

About 12.5 per cent of Bulgarians of working age – defined as 20 to 64 – were living in another

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Europe 

European Commission targets 10 single-use plastic products in move against marine litter

May 28, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission said on May

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Annual ‘Opera in the Park’ in Sofia from June 15 to 30 2018

May 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Opera and Ballet’s annual Opera in the Park series of performances is being held in the GS Rakovski military

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Opera Open 2018 begins in Plovdiv on June 23

May 28, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The programme for Opera Open 2018, from June 23 to July 29, has been announced by State Opera Plovdiv. The

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Bulgaria 

Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Ukraine unveil memorial to Dimitar Peshev in Kyiv

May 27, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Ukraine

At a ceremony on May 27, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman opened a square

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Bulgaria 

As summer season begins, 2700 vacancies in tourism business on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast

May 27, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

There are 2700 vacancies in the tourism industry on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast, Radio Bourgas said on May 27.

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Bulgaria 

Borissov meets Poroshenko: ‘Ukraine has an important place in the foreign policy priorities of Bulgaria’

May 26, 2018May 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Ukraine

Ukraine has an important place among the foreign policy priorities of Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told President Petro Poroshenko

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Bulgaria 

Svetlin Roussev, prominent Bulgarian artist and collector, dies aged 84

May 26, 2018May 28, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian artist, art collector and public figure Svetlin Roussev died on May 26 2018 at the age of 84. Roussev

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