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Day: May 29, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria drops Saudi firm Arkad as gas grid capacity expansion contractor

May 29, 2019June 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz has changed its decision in the tender to design and build the expansion of Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on property expropriation

May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted on May 29 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s State Property Act,

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Europe 

EC recommends opening EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia, Albania

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Macedonia

The European Commission recommended on May 29 the opening of EU accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia and

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Bulgaria 

ECFR: Pro-European vote in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

The election campaign in Bulgaria was clearly a sign of prevalence of the pro-European votes and voices, according to a

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Bulgaria 

Military vehicles on the move in Bulgaria as annual exercises begin

May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Military vehicles and equipment will be on the move through Bulgaria until July 3 to take part in various exercises,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European elections: MRF leader, Peevski will not take up their seats

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019, Delyan Peevski

Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Mustafa Karadayi and the number two on the party’s European Parliament candidate list, controversial

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