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Month: January 2019

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Tourism Minister: More than nine million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2018, a new record

January 28, 2019January 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There were more than 9.2 million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2018, a figure 4.4 per cent higher than

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev sees early parliamentary elections as inevitable

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

The question of early parliamentary elections is no longer a matter of if but when, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev told

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Bulgaria’s Vratsa, Montana districts latest to declare influenza epidemic

January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s districts of Vratsa and Montana have become the latest to declare a flu epidemic, bringing to 24 the number

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Bulgaria 

Number of visits by foreigners to Bulgaria in 2018 beat previous year – statistics institute

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

December 2018 maintained the trend of every single month of the year seeing higher numbers of arrivals of visitors to

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Bulgaria 

About half of smartphone users in Bulgaria do not restrict access to personal data – Eurostat

January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Forty-nine per cent of smartphone users in Bulgaria never restricted or refused app access to their personal data, the third-highest

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Bulgaria 

Opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party to begin deciding candidates for European Parliament elections

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will open nominations on January 28 for its candidates for the country’s May 2019

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Tourism Ministry: No tourists in distress in mountain resorts after heavy snowfalls

January 27, 2019January 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism said on January 27 that it was in constant touch with mayors and district governors and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church denies deciding on independence of Ukrainian church

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church has rejected reports in Ukrainian media that its governing body has decided to support the autocephaly

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian co-ordinator against antisemitism: ‘Wave of populism and rhetoric threatens democratic values’

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In Europe and beyond the Atlantic, there is again a wave of populism and rhetoric that is threatening and questioning

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