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Month: February 2019

Bulgaria 

PM Borissov: Bulgaria’s efforts regarding Macedonia were not in vain

February 4, 2019February 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his counterpart from Skopje, Zoran Zaev, met in Sofia on February 4, praising the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President vetoes personal data protection act amendments

February 4, 2019February 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on February 4 that he has vetoed amendments to Bulgaria’s personal data protection law, which

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Bulgaria 

US ambassador: Bulgaria was not pressured to choose the F-16

February 4, 2019February 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

No pressure was exerted on Bulgaria to choose the F-16, United States ambassador Eric Rubin said in a television interview.

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Bulgaria 

Camillo Zuccoli, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Bulgaria, dies

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The ambassador to Bulgaria of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Camillo Zuccoli, has died suddenly at the age of 61,

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Europe 

Macedonia’s former PM Gruevski breaks his silence in a TV interview: ‘One day I will return’

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Hungary, Macedonia

“One day I will return, I didn’t come here to live, but to take refuge from political persecution. I’m unjustly

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Bulgaria 

New delay pushes Sofia Airport concession tender deadline to April 2019

February 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry has postponed the deadline for bids in the tender for the 35-year concession on Sofia Airport for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has lowest percentage among people in EU agreeing that vaccines are safe

February 3, 2019February 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A survey has found that people in Bulgaria are least likely, among all in the European Union, to agree that

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Bulgaria 

‘Be a soldier’: Bulgaria continues recruiting drive to make up shortfall in military

February 3, 2019February 5, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence said that its drive to get people to enlist in the military will resume on February

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Bulgaria 

Number of districts in Bulgaria subject to flu epidemic declaration decreases

February 3, 2019February 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The influenza outbreaks that led most districts in Bulgaria to declare epidemics and close schools in the past two weeks

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