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Day: May 9, 2019

Perspectives 

The strange influence of the Macedonian model

May 9, 2019 Vessela Tcherneva Macedonia

The presidential elections in North Macedonia last Sunday produced both a winner – pro-EU and pro-Nato candidate Stevo Pendarovski, a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria busts group that organised fake marriages for Indians and Pakistanis seeking EU residence

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Four people have been taken into custody in an operation against an organised crime group that arranged fake marriages for

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Bulgaria 

French-Turkish tie-up offers highest annual fee in Sofia Airport concession tender

May 9, 2019May 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry opened the bids in the concession tender for Sofia Airport on May 9, with the consortium between

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: No response so far to Mensa invitation to IQ test

May 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

A total of 318 people, counting the candidates of parties and coalitions and those standing as independents, are competing for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections 2019: Voting abroad at 191 polling stations in 64 countries

May 9, 2019May 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgarians abroad will be able to vote in the May 26 European Parliament elections at 191 polling stations in 64

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Radev, socialists accuse GERB of using state money to campaign

May 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

A day after the Bulgarian Socialist Party lodged complaints alleging that Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party was using state

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offering Sofia-Bankya steam train excursion on May 18

May 9, 2019May 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering a steam train excursion on May 18, with the train pulled by the 1931

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Bulgaria 

EBRD sees Bulgaria economic growth at 3.4% in 2019

May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said in its May 2019 Regional Economic Forecasts that it projects growth

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