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Month: June 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sets up National Road Safety Co-ordination Centre

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

Bulgaria’s government approved on June 26 a decree establishing a National Road Safety Co-ordination Centre, as part of steps to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party lacks money to repay 4.29M leva overpaid state subsidy

June 26, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

Kornelia Ninova’s Bulgarian Socialist Party lacks the funds to repay the 4.29 million leva (about 2.19 million euro) it owes

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Bulgaria 

From the Vatican to Israel, several new Bulgarian ambassadors take office

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

The month of June 2019 has seen several newly-appointed Bulgarian ambassadors present their credentials, in posts ranging from Ireland to

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Bulgaria 

‘Balkan Pride’ opens in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv on July 4

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

The Balkan Pride exhibition, presenting photos, information and items from Pride events in large cities in the Balkans – including

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria invites Russia to send engineers to take part in overhaul of Su-25s

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

The Bulgarian Air Force’s Su-25 military jets will be overhauled at the country’s Avionas plant and Bulgaria is inviting Russia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Education Ministry orders changes after controversy over new school history books view of communist era

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Education has made recommendations for corrections to new 10th grade history textbooks after a controversy over the

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Europe 

New EU rules to protect children caught in cross-border parental disputes to come into force

June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the EU adopted on June 25 a revision of a regulation which sets out rules on the

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Bulgaria 

US, Bulgaria increase funding for Bulgarian Fulbright Commission

June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The governments of Bulgaria and the United States have decided to increase funding for the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission, a statement

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Ognyan Zlatev appointed as head of EC Representation in Croatia

June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on June 25 that it had appointed Ognyan Zlatev, currently head of the EC Representation in

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