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Month: June 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s child protection agency probes unlawful reporting on ‘radicalised’ teenager

June 11, 2019June 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s State Agency for Child Protection has an initiated an investigation into disclosures by a website of personal details of

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Bulgaria 

New railway line to cut Sofia – Plovdiv travelling time ‘by an hour’

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

A new railway line being built between Sofia and the town of Elin Pelin will reduce travelling time between the

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Bulgaria 

At Plovdiv’s Great Basilica, foreign ambassadors send messages of tolerance

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

Foreign ambassadors to Bulgaria from 20 countries took part in a June 11 ceremony at Plovdiv’s Great Basilica site, delivering

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Bulgaria 

‘Days of Africa’ festival in Bulgaria’s Bourgas in June 2019

June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The second “Days of Africa in Burgas” festival is to be held in the Bulgarian southern Black Sea city from

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Bulgaria 

History remains touchy issue between Bulgaria and North Macedonia

June 10, 2019June 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Personalities in the shared histories of Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia remain a sensitive issue and some disagreements

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s highest state honour conferred on outgoing US ambassador Rubin

June 10, 2019June 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony on June 10, Bulgaria’s highest state honour, the Stara Planina first degree, was conferred on outgoing United

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors reverse decision not to proceed over Hitler stickers

June 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Bourgas has overturned a decision by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in the Bulgarian Black Sea

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria mulls plan for anti-terrorism centres

June 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Under the auspices of the Prosecutor-General’s Office, a project to set up anti-terrorism centres is being prepared, it has emerged

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Bulgaria 

The strange case of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv ‘teenage terrorist’: The questions

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Plovdiv

Let me begin with disclosure: I am no expert on terrorism, nor on child psychology, and nor am I a

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