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Month: May 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Quiet campaigns, loud complaints

May 19, 2019May 23, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian European elections 2019

Slouching towards Brussels – or Strasbourg, the other seat of the European Parliament – competitors in Bulgaria’s May elections for

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Europe 

The Netherlands’ Duncan Laurence wins Eurovision song contest 2019

May 19, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

Duncan Laurence and his song Arcade won the Eurovision song contest 2019 on May 18. It is the fifth time

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first Jewish school in decades opens in Sofia in September 2019

May 18, 2019September 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

On the morning of September 15 2019, a bell will peal to signal the opening of the first Jewish school

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body found discrepancies in declarations of 738 people in power

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission said that it had found discrepancies in the statutory declarations of assets of 738 office-bearers at various

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways to inaugurate regular Plovdiv – Edirne train on May 24

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, Plovdiv, tourism, Turkey

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is to launch a regular train service at weekends and on public holidays between Plovdiv and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM backs Prosecutor-General’s call for information on undeclared offshore holdings of top office-bearers

May 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expressed support on May 17 for Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov’s request to the State Agency for

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Bulgaria 

‘Ethno kitchen on wheels’ in Plovdiv to feature different cuisines from May 17 to 19

May 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The third annual Ethno Kitchen on Wheels opens in Plovdiv on May 17 at 6pm, featuring a range of ethnic

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Business 

ACEA: New passenger car registrations slightly up in Bulgaria in January – April 2019

May 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January-April 2019 was 2.1 per cent higher than in January-April

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Bulgaria 

Price remains issue in Bulgaria’s negotiations on acquiring F-16s

May 16, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Price remains an issue in Bulgaria’s negotiations with the United States on the acquisition of F-16 fighter jets, it has

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