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Day: June 18, 2019

Bulgaria 

US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria named

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

United States President Donald Trump has nominated Herro Mustafa, a career diplomat currently deputy chief of mission at the US

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Bulgaria 

US Army Europe confirms death of soldier in ‘Swift Response’ exercise in Bulgaria

June 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A soldier died and three were injured during an airborne operation while participating in US-led multinational exercise Swift Response 19

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria up 3.9% in January-May 2019

June 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January to May 2019 was 3.9 per cent higher than

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Bulgaria 

Canadian paratrooper dies in military exercise near Bulgaria’s Plovdiv – reports

June 18, 2019June 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

A Canadian paratrooper died during a military exercise at Cheshnegirovo airfield north-east of the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, media reports

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Dig team seeks entrance to tomb at Maltepe mound near Plovdiv

June 18, 2019June 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The summer 2019 archaeological dig season has begun at the Maltepe mound site near the village of Manole in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Lightning kills man in Sofia, second such incident in two days

June 18, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A 47-year-old man died in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the evening of June 17 after being struck by lightning,

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