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Month: March 2019

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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Bulgaria 

‘Legend of the Lake’, ballet to music by Vladigerov, premieres in Sofia on March 15

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

“Legend of the Lake”, a ballet to the music of renowned Bulgarian composer Pancho Vladigerov with a libretto by Donvena

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Bulgaria 

‘Walking on Water’ documentary about Christo’s Floating Piers to be shown at Sofia Film Fest

March 5, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

“Walking on Water”, Andrey Paounov’s documentary about Bulgarian-born artist Christo’s Floating Piers project, is to be shown on March 7,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s measles outbreak: First cases in Plovdiv and Bourgas reported

March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv

The first two cases of measles in Bulgaria’s cities of Plovdiv and Bourgas amid the recent outbreak of the disease

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Bulgaria 

Visiting Sofia, Russian PM Medvedev discusses energy projects with Borissov, Radev

March 4, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy, Roumen Radev

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov discussed their respective priorities on their energy agendas in

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Perspectives 

Negative energy: Berlin’s Trumpian turn on Nord Stream 2

March 4, 2019March 5, 2019 Gustav Gressel of the ECFR energy, Russia

Berlin has handled the dispute over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with unilateralism and clumsiness worthy of US President

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s measles outbreak: More than 1000 children in Plovdiv not vaccinated – report

March 4, 2019March 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

More than 1000 children in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have not had the compulsory vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella

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