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Day: July 18, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria marks sixth anniversary of 2012 terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport

July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack, Israel

Senior government officials, the ambassador of Israel and leaders of the Bulgarian Jewish community were among those who took part

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Europe 

European Commission: Kosovo fulfils all required benchmarks for visa liberalisation

July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

The European Commission said on July 18 that it had confirmed that Kosovo had met the two outstanding visa liberalisation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves ECB close co-operation application, first step towards joining euro zone

July 18, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgaria’s government approved on July 18 the formal application for close co-operation with the European Central Bank (ECB), the first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs reject opposition motion to cancel Sofia Airport concession

July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted on July 18 to reject the motion tabled by the opposition socialists, which called for the cancellation

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Bulgaria 

Government agrees to 100M leva purchase of new passenger trains for Bulgarian state railways

July 18, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgaria’s government agreed on July 18 to an investment project that envisages spending 100 million leva (about 51 million euro)

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM axes officials over rinderpest outbreak as farmers protest in Sofia

July 18, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov dismissed Deputy Agriculture Minister Tsvetan Dimitrov and other officials on July 18 over the handling

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Business 

EU regulator hits Google with a record $5 billion fine

July 18, 2018July 19, 2018 VOANews

The European Union’s antitrust regulator fined Google a record $5 billion on July 18 for illegally exploiting the powerful market

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government grants permission for Dutch research vessel’s climate change research in Black Sea

July 18, 2018July 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The government in Sofia said on July 18 that it had given permission to the Dutch research vessel RV Pelagia

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