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Month: February 2019

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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Europe 

Prespa Agreement comes into force after Athens sends Skopje formal notification

February 12, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Authorities in Athens have sent a note verbale to Skopje giving formal notice that it has met all of its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church deletes controversial opinion on National Strategy for the Child from website

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

A controversial opinion purported to be from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod urging a ban on terminations of pregnancy,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov, British ambassador discuss Skripal, Gebrev cases

February 11, 2019February 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and other officials held discussions on February 11 with UK ambassador in Sofia Emma Hopkins on

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Bulgaria 

Deputy PM: Bulgaria must be ready for malicious cyber attacks in elections

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia

Bulgaria must be ready for malicious cyber attacks, Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev said on February 11, warning that there

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Bulgaria 

‘No to Nazis on our Streets’ protest to be held against Lukov March in Bulgaria on February 16

February 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A protest entitled “No to Nazis on our Streets” is to be held in Sofia on February 16 as a

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