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Day: September 3, 2018

Bulgaria 

Man in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv diagnosed with West Nile fever

September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A man in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has been diagnosed with West Nile fever, health authorities confirmed on September 3.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government coalition council held amid infighting produces ‘coalition is united’ pledge

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

A four-hour meeting of the Bulgarian government’s coalition council on the evening of September 3 – held amid tensions over

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM in Podgorica: Balkans could be a powerful economic zone

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Montenegro

Part of the repayment of the credits that international financial institutions could allocate for Balkan connectivity can be achieved through

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: ‘Resignations no longer a solution but an escape from responsibility’

September 3, 2018September 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has launched his latest scathing attack on Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government by saying that resignations

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Bulgaria 

Two-thirds of Bulgarians approve ministerial resignations after Svoge bus crash – Alpha Research

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Sixty-one per cent of Bulgarians polled by Alpha Research approved of the resignations of three Cabinet ministers that followed the

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Bulgaria 

Briton wins foot race along Black Sea coast celebrating EU’s freedom of movement

September 3, 2018September 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Brexit

As Brexit headlines dominate the pages of European media, a British runner finished first in a marathon-length foot race on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist minority party stops short of quitting governing coalition

September 3, 2018September 7, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) party will remain part of the

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Bulgaria 

Prices of alcohol and tobacco in Bulgaria rose close to 409 per cent between 2000 and 2017 – Eurostat

September 3, 2018September 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Prices in Bulgaria increased by 84.6 per cent between the year 2000 and 2017, with alcohol and tobacco prices jumping

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Bulgaria 

Operation to drain tanks of oil spill shipwreck off Bulgaria’s Sozopol begins

September 3, 2018September 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The operation to drain heavy fuel oil from the wreck of US merchant vessel the Mopang off the coast of

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