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Day: March 16, 2019

Bulgaria 

Chief Health Inspector: 124 measles cases in Bulgaria

March 16, 2019March 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

There are currently 124 cases of measles in Bulgaria, chief state health inspector Angel Kunchev said on March 16, Bulgarian

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Interior Ministry: Investigations continuing into Christchurch attack accused’s trip in Bulgaria

March 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Brenton Tarrant, charged with murder following the shooting attack on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, visited

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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry: 17 municipalities in serious financial difficulties

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventeen municipalities in Bulgaria were in serious financial difficulties at the close of 2018, four fewer than the year before,

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Bulgaria’s national co-ordinator against antisemitism holds talks with US State Department Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues

March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev, who is the National Co-ordinator for Combating Antisemitism, has held talks in Washington DC

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