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Month: June 2019

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Bulgarian PM Borissov speaks on case of Plovdiv teenager terrorism suspect

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov commented on June 12 on the case of the Plovdiv 16-year-old alleged to have been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways introduces 15-day pre-sale of tickets for summer 2019 season

June 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ said on June 12 that it is introducing a 15-day pre-sale of tickets for all “fast

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Business 

Average price of agricultural land in Bulgaria rose 7.9% in 2018

June 12, 2019June 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The average price for 0.1 hectares of agricultural land in Bulgaria was 941 leva (about 481 euro) in 2018, an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among 13 EU countries urging faster EU integration of Western Balkans

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Macedonia

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, together with the ministers of 12 other EU member

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria catches more than 200 drink-drivers in six-day operation

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Traffic Police found 212 motorists driving over the legal blood-alcohol limit and 48 who had used narcotics during a

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Europe 

Asylum applications in EU+ increase, pushed up by Venezuelans, Turks and Colombians

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

So far in 2019, applications for asylum in the EU+ are 15 per cent higher than last year, especially for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expects official proposal on F-16s ‘within a week’

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The official proposal by the United States to sell F-16 fighter jets to Bulgaria is expected to arrive within a

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Fragment with inscription in Ancient Greek from 2nd century found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

June 11, 2019June 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A fragment with an inscription in Ancient Greek, dating from the first decades of the second century CE, has been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in January-April 2019 up 9.5% on annual basis

June 11, 2019June 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria in January to April 2019 was 9.5 per cent higher than

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