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Day: October 10, 2018

Europe 

European Parliament committee proposes ‘European Humanitarian Visa’

October 10, 2018October 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, European Parliament, Refugees

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the establishment of a “European Humanitarian Visa” for which asylum-seekers would

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov meets foreign ambassadors over Marinova murder case

October 10, 2018October 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and other top officials met about 30 foreign ambassadors in Sofia to discuss the Viktoria

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport to hold emergency and rescue training exercises

October 10, 2018October 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport will hold full-scale emergency and rescue training exercises on October 11 and October 23, starting at 10am local

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet scraps Plovdiv Airport concession tender

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved on October 10 the proposal put forth by Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov to cancel the tender proceedings

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Bulgaria 

EU funding for upgrade of tram lines in Sofia

October 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A total of 46.6 million euro from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is invested to upgrade tram infrastructure and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government allocates 7M leva for wi-fi in 550 schools

October 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved spending about seven million leva (about 3.5 million euro) to instal and develop wi-fi networks in

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – August 2018 1.5% down – statistics institute

October 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

In January – August 2018 the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 35 078.4 million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM hits out at European politicians over Marinova murder case

October 10, 2018October 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 10 that he would raise with the centre-right EU-level European People’s Party

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former regional development minister Nankov returns as deputy minister

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Nikolai Nankov, who submitted his resignation at the end of August as regional development minister following the Svoge fatal bus

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