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Day: April 3, 2019

Bulgaria 

Two US-funded playgrounds for children with special educational needs inaugurated in Bulgaria’s Varna

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Playgrounds at two kindergartens for children with special educational needs have been inaugurated in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna following

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Bulgaria 

‘Smiley Eyes’: Free eye examinations at 12 kindergartens and five schools in Sofia

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Twelve kindergartens and five schools in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are included in the campaign for free eye examinations “Smiley

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Europe 

Artist Christo to create ‘L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped’ in April 2020

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian-born artist Christo, in close collaboration with the Centre Pompidou and the Centre des monuments nationaux, will create a temporary

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election watchdog calls tender to rent 3000 voting machines

April 3, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has called a tender for the hire of 3000 voting machines for the country’s May

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church refuses to take part in any services during Pope Francis’s visit

April 3, 2019April 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body says that while a meeting between Patriarch Neofit and Pope Francis is possible during

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria picks Saudi firm Arkad for gas grid capacity expansion

April 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz said on April 3 that it picked Saudi Arabian Arkad Engineering and Constructions Company to design

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Europe 

Brexit: Customs authorities in EU ‘ready and prepared’ for no-deal scenario

April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Much has already been achieved to ensure that national customs infrastructure and logistics in the European Union are ready to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian motorist fined 1350 leva for driving at 277km/h on motorway

April 3, 2019April 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A motorist driving a Sofia-registered car has been fined 1350 leva (about 690 euro) for driving at 277km/h on the

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Bulgaria 

Aircraft crashes in North Macedonia, Bulgarian family of four dies

April 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

A Cessna PN210N  light aircraft crashed on April 2 in the Jakupica mountain range in North Macedonia. Authorities said that

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