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Day: April 16, 2019

Bulgaria 

Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and Georgia discuss increase in ferry services

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Meeting Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze in Sofia, his Bulgarian counterpart and host Boiko Borissov has spelt out ambitions to

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘Portrait of a Friend’ at Sofia City Art Gallery until June 2

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled Portrait of a Friend opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on April 16 and continues until June

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Bulgaria 

Notre Dame: Bulgarian PM offers to send artists, restorers to help

April 16, 2019April 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on April 16 that he is ready to send artists and art restorers to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Traffic Police launch operation against drink-driving, unlicensed drivers

April 16, 2019April 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

From April 17 to 24, Bulgaria’s Traffic Police will step up checks of motorists for drink-driving, driving without a licence

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests 58, confiscates 9 pitbulls in operation against illegal dog fights

April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police have arrested 58 people and confiscated nine pitbulls after receiving a tip-off about illegal dog fights, the Interior

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors suspend Bulgarian DOST leader’s driving licence

April 16, 2019April 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Kurdzhali has temporary withdrawn the driving licence of Lyutvi Mestan, who was involved in a

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Bulgaria 

Plan for bust of controversial figure at Bulgaria’s ‘Yard of the Cyrillic Alphabet’

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A plan to unveil a bust of Garegin Nzhdeh in the Writers’ Alley of the Yard of the Cyrillic Alphabet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian National Union to host far-right groups from all over Europe in Sofia

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

Ultra-nationalist extra-parliamentary party the Bulgarian National Union is to host a gathering of far-right groupings from all over Europe in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev on Gabrovo: ‘Anger of people is understandable’

April 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

Whole generations in Bulgaria have grown up with a sense of impunity, resulting in this arbitrariness and the anger of

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