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Month: December 2018

Europe 

Council of EU adopts declaration against antisemitism, aims for better protection of Jewish communities

December 6, 2018December 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Council of the European Union approved on December 6 a declaration on the fight against antisemitism and the development

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria gives close to 900 000 leva for projects in Balkans, Moldova and Georgia

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on December 5 to conclude grant agreements for projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the  Republic of Macedonia,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Cabinet confirms country will not join UN Global Compact for Migration

December 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on December 5 that the country will not be joining the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet mandates Environment Minister to re-negotiate Bansko concession

December 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved on December 3 the resolution that gave Environment Minister Neno Dimov the official mandate to re-negotiate the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appoints tech expert as honorary consul covering Silicon Valley

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on December 5 that it had appointed Bogomil Balkanski, a Bulgarian citizen, as an honorary consul in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian anti-organised crime squad seizes large arms caches in Sofia and Kazanluk

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An arms cache including automatic rifles, pistols, large quantities of ammunition, silencers and other items has been seized in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs accept former minister Moskovski’s resignation from Parliament

December 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on December 5 to accept the resignation of Ivailo Moskovski as an MP for Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

2018/19 season at Bulgaria’s major ski resorts opens soon

December 5, 2018December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2018/19 ski season will open in Bulgaria’s winter resorts Pamporovo on December 8 and Bansko on December 15. A

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister: Number of foreign tourists visiting Bulgaria up 5% in first 10 months of 2018

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

In the first 10 months of 2018, more than 8.4 million tourists visited Bulgaria, an increase of five per cent

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