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Day: January 18, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria supreme court acquits Valeri Simeonov on anti-Roma hate speech charge

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov

A three-member panel of Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has acquitted nationalist politician Valeri Simeonov of charges related to his comments

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry warns on January 20 anti-Prespa meeting in Athens

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to the country’s citizens about a protest meeting to be held in Syntagma

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Bulgaria 

Cut-price ski passes for children as Bansko celebrates World Snow Day on January 20

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Lance Nelson tourism

World Snow Day in Bansko comes around every year. And in 2019 it is on January 20, Sunday. Bansko ski

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Bulgaria 

Brexit: Bulgarian government ‘prepared for all possible options’

January 18, 2019January 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The Bulgarian government is prepared for all possible options regarding the various scenarios for Brexit, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemic declared in eighth district in Bulgaria in a week

January 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A flu epidemic was declared in Bulgaria’s Smolyan district on January 18, the eighth district where an epidemic has been

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2018 was 795.4M euro

January 18, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2018 stood at 795.4 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: Turkey is strategic partner of Bulgaria and EU

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Turkey

For Bulgaria as well as for the EU, Turkey is a strategic partner – a friendly neighbouring country, a Nato

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests 43 in bust of foreigners involved in unlawful currency deals, alleged links to terrorism

January 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has arrested 43 people in a bust of an organised crime group which prosecutors say was headed by a

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Bulgaria 

January 21 total lunar eclipse to be visible from Sofia (well, clouds permitting)

January 18, 2019January 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Early risers in Sofia on January 21 2019 could be able to see a total lunar eclipse – depending on

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