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Day: March 6, 2019

Europe 

OSCE-led report exposes violence against women in several Eastern European countries

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventy per cent of women polled for a survey led by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

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Bulgaria 

Two Israeli films at 2019 Sofia International Film Festival

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Two films from Israel are being screened at the 2019 Sofia International Film Festival, the embassy said. The films are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on Electoral Code amendments

March 6, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted on March 6 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s Electoral Code in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and North Macedonia to hold joint exhibition in Skopje of Trebeništa archaeological discoveries

March 6, 2019March 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency archaeology, Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on March 6 a draft agreement between the ministries of culture of Bulgaria and the Republic of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 914 people in 2017, down 44% – Eurostat

March 6, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 914 people in 2017, a figure 44 per cent lower than in 2016, European Union statistics

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Europe 

North Macedonia changes names of 136 institutions

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The government in Skopje has decided to change the names of 136 state institutions, by removing the “Macedonian” and “Republic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first ambassador to Saudi Arabia arrives in Riyadh

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Dimitar Abadzhiev, the newly-appointed Bulgarian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has arrived in Riyadh, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s mountain resort Bansko bans construction of new nightclubs, casinos – report

March 6, 2019March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The municipality of Bansko, one of Bulgaria’s three largest ski resorts, has voted an ordinance banning the construction of more

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