Bulgaria marks sixth anniversary of 2012 terrorist attack at Bourgas Airport
Senior government officials, the ambassador of Israel and leaders of the Bulgarian Jewish community were among those who took part
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Day: July 18, 2018
European Commission: Kosovo fulfils all required benchmarks for visa liberalisation
The European Commission said on July 18 that it had confirmed that Kosovo had met the two outstanding visa liberalisation
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Bulgarian Cabinet approves ECB close co-operation application, first step towards joining 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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Bulgarian MPs reject opposition motion to cancel Sofia Airport concession
Bulgarian Parliament voted on July 18 to reject the motion tabled by the opposition socialists, which called for the cancellation
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Government agrees to 100M leva purchase of new passenger trains for Bulgarian state railways
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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Bulgarian PM axes officials over rinderpest outbreak as farmers protest in Sofia
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov dismissed Deputy Agriculture Minister Tsvetan Dimitrov and other officials on July 18 over the handling
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EU regulator hits Google with a record $5 billion fine
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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Bulgarian government grants permission for Dutch research vessel’s climate change research in Black Sea
The government in Sofia said on July 18 that it had given permission to the Dutch research vessel RV Pelagia
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