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Day: May 22, 2019

Bulgaria 

Building of long-delayed Bulgaria-Greece gas inter-connector pipeline begins

May 22, 2019May 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras attended the ceremony to mark the start of construction

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Bulgaria 

Flood warning issued for parts of Bulgaria for May 23

May 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian weather forecasters have issued a flood warning for parts of the country for the evening of May 23 and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, N Macedonia to co-operate in fight against human trafficking

May 22, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on May 22, approved a draft protocol on co-operation between the government of Bulgaria and

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Bulgaria 

Visits to theatres in Bulgaria rose 7.5% in 2018 – statistics institute

May 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of visits to theatres in Bulgaria in 2018 was 7.5 per cent higher than the previous year, the

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Bulgaria 

30 full-length films were produced in Bulgaria in 2018

May 22, 2019May 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 77 full-length, medium-length and short films were produced in Bulgaria in 2018, according to an annual report

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Europe 

UN lowers economic growth forecast for EU

May 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Economic growth in the European Union is projected to expand by 1.5 per cent in 2019 and 1.8 per cent

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