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Day: February 12, 2019

Bulgaria 

Sofia metro line 3 to open in October 2019

February 12, 2019August 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Construction on the third line of the Sofia metro underground rapid transit system was progressing on schedule, with the first

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Business 

Bulgaria anti-trust watchdog levies 2.6M leva fine on coffee copycats

February 12, 2019February 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition has levied fines of more than 2.6 million leva on two companies for selling

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Sixth-century terracotta ‘mask’ of emperor found in Bulgaria’s Varna

February 12, 2019February 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

An artefact made of terracotta has been discovered at the Dzhanavara site in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Minister on Gebrev poisoning case: No theory ruled out

February 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry is pursuing all lines of inquiry in connection with the attempted poisoning in 2015 of Dunarit weapons

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Europe 

Republic of North Macedonia: Nato flag raised at government HQ in Skopje

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Nato

The entry of the country soon to be officially named Republic of North Macedonia into Nato would have a positive

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan speaks on controversy over stance on Strategy for the Child

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Lovech Metropolitan Gavriil, now at the centre of a controversy over a stance that falsely claimed to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister suspends procedure for overhaul of Air Force An-30 because of errors

February 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov has suspended the procedure for a five million leva contract to overhaul the Air Force’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries dropped 12.5% in 2018 on annual basis – NSI

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports to third countries – meaning, non-EU countries, were 12.5 per cent lower in 2018 than they had been

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Baby found buried in clay pot at Bulgaria’s mediaeval Turnovo Trapezitsa site

February 12, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists excavating a mediaeval church on the Trapezitsa hill in Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo have found a baby buried in a

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