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Day: March 19, 2019

Bulgaria 

Orpheus, directed by Stefano Poda, to feature in Plovdiv’s Opera Open in June 2019

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Highlights of the Opera Open 2019 festival in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv will include a premiere of Orpheus on June

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Homophobic graffiti on Plovdiv 2019 HQ latest attack on ‘Balkan Pride’ project

March 19, 2019March 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Homophobic graffiti was daubed on the headquarters of the Plovdiv 2019 Foundation on March 19 in the latest attack on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President declares May 26 as day of European Parliament elections

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has issued a decree that the country’s European Parliament elections will be held

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Europe 

Brexit: EU Council adopts contingency measures for ‘no-deal’ scenario

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The Council of the European Council adopted on March 19 a series of legislative acts as part of its contingency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria again faces shortage of qualified staff for summer holiday resorts

March 19, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s hospitality industry will again import staff from Ukraine and Moldova for its summer holiday resorts because of a lack

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