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Month: April 2019

Bulgaria 

Galway, European Capital of Culture 2020, shows support for Bulgaria’s Plovdiv after Balkan Pride row

April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Hosting a meeting of European Capitals of Culture representatives, the Irish city of Galway has posted a photograph on Facebook

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Bulgaria 

Strong police presence in Bulgaria’s Gabrovo after attack on Roma houses follows shop brawl

April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A large number of police have been deployed in the Bulgarian town of Gabrovo after protests that followed a brawl

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Europe 

EU leaders offer Brexit delay until October 31: reports

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Deutsche Welle Brexit

Members of the EU offered UK Prime Minister Theresa May to extend the Brexit deadline to October 31, with a review that

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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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