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Day: November 19, 2018

Bulgaria 

German Christmas Market 2018 opens in Sofia on November 23

November 19, 2018November 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A traditional German Christmas market is to be held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia for the eighth consecutive year, opening

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov orders probe into ID documents granted to foreigners in the past five years

November 19, 2018November 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the Interior Ministry and the State Agency for National Security to carry out

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Health Ministry signs contracts for 280 new ambulances

November 19, 2018November 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev signed on November 19 the two contracts for the delivery of 280 new ambulances, with

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-September 2018 was 826.4M euro

November 19, 2018November 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of the year stood at 826.4 million euro, the equivalent

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Europe 

EC places job ad for future European Chief Prosecutor

November 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The European Commission published on November 19 a call for applications for the position of European Chief Prosecutor at the

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Perspectives 

The price of normalisation: Serbia, Kosovo, and a risky border deal

November 19, 2018 Vessela Tcherneva Kosovo, Serbia

One of the most contentious topics in the Western Balkans in recent months has been a proposed Serbia-Kosovo land swap.

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ continue to be united in name only

November 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The three co-leaders of the United Patriots, the grouping of far-right and ultra-nationalist parties that is the minority partner in

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