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Month: February 2019

Europe 

Number of asylum applications in EU in 2018 dropped to pre-crisis levels – EASO

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The number of asylum applications in European Union countries in 2018 was 10 per cent lower than in 2017, dropping

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Pride condemns homophobic attack on woman in Bulgarian capital

February 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Pride’s organising committee said on February 13 that condemns the attack on Galya Petkova in Sofia that was reported

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Europe 

Official: Name ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ comes into force

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

The name “Republic of North Macedonia” for the former Yugoslav republic has come into force officially, in compliance with the

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Bulgaria 

Flights between Sofia and Brussels on February 13 cancelled because of strike in Belgium

February 13, 2019February 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Flights between Sofia Airport and Brussels Charleroi scheduled for February 13 have been cancelled because of a 24-hour strike in

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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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