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Month: June 2019

Bulgaria 

Retro thrust: Bulgaria marks 30th anniversary of its MiG-29s

June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Over two consecutive days, starting on June 28, the Bulgarian Air Force will celebrate the anniversary of the introduction into

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Cyprus Airways and Bulgaria Air enter into codeshare partnership

June 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Cyprus Airways and Bulgaria Air have entered into a codeshare partnership, Cyprus Airways said on its website on June 27.

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Bulgaria 

Europol: Terrorism threat level in EU remains high

June 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff terrorism

Thirteen people died as a result of terrorist attacks in the EU in 2018. All the attacks were jihadist in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Romania to draft agreement on third bridge over Danube

June 27, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Bulgaria and Romania will prepare an intergovernmental agreement to build a third bridge over the Danube between Svishtov and Zimnicea,

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Bulgaria 

Tourism: 86% of trips by Bulgarians were within their own country

June 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Eighty-six per cent of the tourism trips by Bulgarians in 2017 were within their own country, European Union statistics agency

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Bulgaria 

Joint Bulgarian-Romanian traffic police teams to patrol four districts in Bulgaria

June 27, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Joint Bulgarian-Romanian traffic police teams are to patrol roads in four districts in Bulgaria in summer 2019, Bulgarian National Television

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Bulgaria 

Close to 21% of young people in Bulgaria not in employment or education

June 27, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 20.9 per cent of young people in Bulgaria – aged 20 to 34 – were neither in employment nor

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister of North Macedonia expects understanding with Bulgaria on history will be reached

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Speaking to the media in Skopje, North Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said that he expects that an understanding will

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Bulgaria 

Bird strike blamed for El Al flight emergency landing at Sofia Airport

June 26, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

The El Al flight between Sofia and Tel Aviv on June 26 made returned to Sofia Airport for an emergency

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