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Month: July 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Ministry classifies helicopter crash investigation report

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said on July 9 that the commission tasked with investigating the circumstances of last month’s accident involving

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Bulgaria 

More than 200 Bulgarian 18-year-olds get free rail passes in new EU scheme

July 9, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

More than 200 Bulgarian 18-year-olds are getting free rail passes to travel Europe on almost any train this summer, part

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Europe 

Romanian president signs decree to fire chief anti-corruption prosecutor

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has issued the decree to remove the country’s top anti-corruption prosecutor on July 9, ending a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expelled 1755 non-EU nationals in 2017 – Eurostat

July 9, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria returned a total of 1755 non-EU nationals to their countries in 2017 after issuing them orders to leave, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, China sign raft of agreements ahead of CEE – China ’16+1′ summit

July 6, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

On the day that the trade war between China and the US stepped in to high gear with the introduction

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terminal 2 of Sofia Airport in Bulgaria
Business 

Bulgaria invites bids in second tender for Sofia Airport concession

July 6, 2018October 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has invited bids in a new tender to pick a concession operator for the country’s largest airport in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria blocks sale of heart medicines over ‘probable carcinogen’ impurity

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s medicines agency said on July 6 that it was suspending the sale of 62 high blood pressure and heart

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Europe 

EU consults citizens on abandoning daylight saving time

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 Deutsche Welle European Commission

While the overall health effects are inconclusive, human biorhythms may be more severely impacted than previously thought, the European Commission

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects opposition motion to sack utilities regulator head

July 5, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian MPs voted down on July 5 the motion tabled by the opposition socialists, which called for the early dismissal

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