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Day: June 5, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary defence committee approves 3.5BN leva military modernisation projects

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato

The Bulgarian National Assembly’s defence committee voted on June 5 to approve 3.5 billion leva military modernisation projects involving the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Plovdiv Mediaeval Festival 2018 to be held on June 23-24

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv Mediaeval Festival will be held on June 23 and 24 2018 at Mladezhkiya Hulm (“Youth Hill”) in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride 2018: Customary condemnations – and calls of support

June 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Pride

In the run-up to the annual Sofia Pride, the 2018 event is seeing the customary calls for it to be

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Europe 

ECJ: Same-sex spouses of EU citizens have residency rights

June 5, 2018June 5, 2018 Deutsche Welle Sofia Pride

The European Court of Justice ruled that member states cannot refuse residency to non-EU spouses of EU citizens. However, the

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Bulgaria 

Counting the cost after torrential rains, ‘tornado’ hit Bulgaria’s Varna and villages

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

More than 100 million leva would be needed to avert Varna being flooded after intense rainfall of the kind that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Traffic Police join in EU-wide operation against drink-driving

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Traffic Police are conducting a countrywide operation to check motorists for drink-driving or driving under the influence of illegal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers disagree over fate of ‘illegal’ restaurants and clubs at Sunny Beach

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Cabinet ministers are at odds over the future of five restaurants and bars on the south beach of the

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