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Day: August 13, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government: ‘No danger’ to environment or tourists from Black Sea fuel spill

August 13, 2018August 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The situation regarding the heavy fuel oil spill in the region of Sozopol on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast is under

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Bulgaria World 

US Navy destroyer USS Carney enters Black Sea

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) entered the Black Sea on August 12 in order to conduct

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Part of important Roman-era street, building façade found at Plovdiv site

August 13, 2018August 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Remnants of what was one of the most important streets in Philippopolis, the ancient name of Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria acts against heavy fuel oil spill from sunken ship off Sozopol

August 13, 2018August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Special barriers have been placed in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast off Sozopol after authorities were alerted that heavy fuel oil

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Bulgaria 

Steam train excursion to run in September 2018 as Bulgaria celebrates Independence Day

August 13, 2018August 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The municipality of Veliko Turnovo and Bulgarian state railways BDZ are to hold on September 23 a steam train excursion

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Business 

Bulgaria has lowest proportion of part-time workers in EU – Eurostat

August 13, 2018August 15, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Bulgaria had the lowest proportion in the European Union of part-time workers, at just two per cent, according to figures

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Bulgaria 

Plaque unveiled in Varna honouring Bulgarian sailors who took Jews to Holy Land

August 13, 2018August 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Varna

A plaque, placed by the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, has been unveiled in the port of Varna

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Europe 

Why are police clashing with expats in Romania?

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Deutsche Welle Romania

A crowd of up to 100,000 gathered before the seat of Romanian government in Bucharest on Friday to protest government

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Bulgaria 

The Bulgarian possession: When ‘all property was theft’

August 13, 2018August 14, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

An evening in the second half of the 1940s found two men sitting at a kitchen table in Plovdiv, arguing

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