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Day: April 10, 2019

Bulgaria 

European Council meeting on Brexit: Bulgaria to back postponement, wants UK to give clear reasons

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

A few hours ahead of the special European Council meeting on Brexit on April 10, Bulgaria’s government adopted a position

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Constitutional Court strikes down higher tax rate on resort properties

April 10, 2019April 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has ruled to overturn a provision from Corporate Tax Act amendments passed last year that introduced a

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors: Anti-corruption body checking company properties of Bulgarian nationalist MP Simeonov

April 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office has assigned the anti-corruption commission to investigate following a report about properties purchased at reduced

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Europe 

EU-funded scientists unveil first ever image of a black hole

April 10, 2019April 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The European Commission revealed on April 10 the first ever image of a black hole taken by Event Horizon Telescope,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Advance media closes broadcaster Nova Televizia acquisition

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Advance Media Group said on April 10 that it has closed the acquisition of 100 per cent in Nova

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Bulgaria 

Cybercrime group, said to have defrauded Germans of 600 000 euro, bust in Romania and Bulgaria

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An organised crime group involved in cross-border fraud, cybercrime and money laundering was taken down in Romania and Bulgaria with

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria gave clear signal to Turkey over Çavuşoğlu statement on religions law

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva told Parliament on April 10 that the country’s reaction to a claim by her Turkish

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Bulgaria 

Apartments controversy: Repercussions in Bulgaria’s Parliament continue

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on April 10 to accept the resignation of Delyan Dobrev as an MP for Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

IMF sees Bulgaria economic growth slowing to 3% in 2020

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts Bulgaria’s GDP growth as ending at 3.3 per cent in 2019, but slowing to

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