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Month: June 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors investigate hate crime over posters of Nazi general

June 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecutor’s Office in the Bulgarian town of Kyustendil has begun an investigation in connection with hate crimes after

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Leisure 

Bulgaria scores well on EU bathing waters survey, ‘excellent’ sites number up

June 6, 2019June 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s coastal bathing waters remain up to the European Union’s mandatory standards, with the number of sites meeting the “excellent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 1.2% economic growth in Q1 2019

June 6, 2019September 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 1.2 per cent in the first quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

EU drug report: Cannabis use rising among young people in Bulgaria

June 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 10.3 per cent of people in Bulgaria aged 15 to 34 reported having used cannabis in the past year,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM tables bill to cut state subsidies for political parties to lev per vote

June 6, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government has tabled in the National Assembly a bill that, if approved, would cut state

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Europe 

Racial discrimination, harassment remain commonplace in EU – rights agency report

June 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Racial discrimination and harassment remain commonplace throughout the European Union, according to the annual report by the EU Agency for

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv Food Park Festival opens on June 6

June 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The first Plovdiv Food Park Festival opens on June 6 and continues to June 9, the Plovdiv 2019 Foundation said.

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Perspectives 

Looking on Bulgaria: The D-Day landings anniversary, and ‘desant’

June 6, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

It had been a matter of curiousity for me for years, the reason why – in film subtitles and texts

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Bulgaria 

Round table in Sofia to discuss ‘antisemitism today’

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A round table is to be held in Sofia to discuss the topic of antisemitism today, according a Bulgarian media

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