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Month: June 2018

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National Gallery – The Palace in Sofia to exhibit 40 portrait photographs by Félix Nadar

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

The National Gallery – The Palace in Sofia is to exhibit 40 of French photographer Félix Nadar’s best portrait photographs

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Bulgaria 

Zaharieva: Bulgaria EU Presidency will be remembered with the words future, opportunity and prosperity for the Balkans

June 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said that she was convinced that the country’s Presidency of the Council of the EU

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Bulgaria 

Sofia dries out after deluge floods hundreds of buildings, underpasses and metro stations

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

Emergency services in Bulgarian capital Sofia received more than 900 reports of flooding in buildings, while water cascaded into some

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy holds Black Sea 2018 tactical exercise from June 18

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 25 Bulgarian Navy combat and auxiliary ships are taking part in the Black Sea 2018 tactical exercise

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Bulgaria 

Official investigation contradicts Simeonov’s claims about ‘illegal’ beach bars at Sunny Beach

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works has announced the results of an investigation that found that, in spite

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Europe 

EU extends sanctions over illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to June 2019

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The Council of the European Union said on June 18 that it was extending restrictive measures in response to the

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Europe 

EU proposes increasing space programme budget by 50 per cent to 16 billion euro

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The European Union proposes investing 16 billion euro in the period 2021-2027 “to further enhance Europe’s leadership in space,” a

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 3.6 Richter scale shakes villages in Bulgaria’s Gotse Delchev area

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake measured at 3.5 on the Richter Scale shook the villages of Breznitsa and Kornitsa in Bulgaria’s Gotse Delchev

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Europe 

Trend of decrease in number of asylum applications in EU continues in 2018

June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The trend of a significant decrease in the number of asylum applications in the EU is continuing in 2018, according

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