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Month: February 2019

Bulgaria 

Bansko: Blue Bird day after 20cm snowfall – and a forecast for next week

February 24, 2019 Lance Nelson

The FIS World Cup 2019 in Bulgaria’s ski resort Bansko has been a tremendous sporting spectacle but, it was somewhat

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Europe 

A choice between EU and Russia in bad-movie Moldova vote

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 Deutsche Welle Moldova

The final days of Moldova’s current election campaign seem like a bad movie. On Thursday, Maia Sandu and Andrei Nastase, leaders of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament Speaker: Socialist MPs boycotting will still be paid

February 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

MPs from the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) boycotting sittings of Parliament will continue to receive pay, National Assembly Speaker

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Bulgaria 

Nordic MTG agrees sale of Bulgarian broadcaster Nova Televizia to local conglomerate

February 22, 2019February 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Modern Times Group (MTG) said on February 22 that it has agreed to sell its majority stake in Bulgarian broadcaster

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Bulgaria 

Joint commission proposes Sofia, Skopje together honour historical figures

February 22, 2019February 25, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Following its fourth meeting, the Bulgarian-North Macedonian commission on issues in history and education has proposed that the two countries

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s census in 2021 to cost an estimated 38.2M leva

February 21, 2019February 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national census in 2021 will cost an estimated 38.2 million leva (about 19.5 million euro), it emerged as the

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Business 

Bulgaria’s wine exports rose slightly in 2018 – agency head

February 21, 2019February 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, wine

A total of 110.2 million litres of wine were produced in Bulgaria in 2018, according to Krassimir Koev, executive director

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian vehicle administration official who demanded bribe fined 5000 leva, community service

February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A former Bulgarian Motor Vehicle Administration official who demanded a 20 euro bribe from a Turkish lorry driver – who

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Europe 

Greece eases border crossing rules for citizens of North Macedonia

February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

North Macedonian citizens will cross the border with Greece only with their travel documents. The sheets of paper that had

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