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Day: January 9, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government to ask Parliament to approve starting negotiations with US on getting F-16s

January 9, 2019January 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s coalition Cabinet decided on January 9 to ask the National Assembly to approve the opening

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Bulgaria 

Monument in Sofia to victims of communism daubed with antisemitic graffiti

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A monument in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia to victims of the country’s communist era has been daubed with swastikas and an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to speed decisions on applications for visas by non-EU seasonal workers

January 9, 2019January 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A decision on an application for a long-term visa from a third-country – meaning, non-EU – national who wants to

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria 5.4% in November 2018, youth unemployment rose – Eurostat

January 9, 2019January 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in November 2018 was 5.4 per cent, unchanged from October and down from 5.7 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues hazardous weather warning over heavy rain forecast for five districts on January 10

January 9, 2019January 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has issued a “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for five districts on January 10 because of forecasts of

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Bulgaria 

E-vignette saga: Head of Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency resigns at request of Prime Minister

January 9, 2019January 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The head of the board of Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency, Svetoslav Glosov, submitted his resignation on January 9 at the

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