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Day: July 5, 2019

Bulgaria 

Drop in tourist numbers expected at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in 2019 – Tourism Minister

July 5, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts are expected to record lower visitor numbers in the 2019 summer season, which current estimates put

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian imprisoned, fined for attempted vote-buying in European Parliament elections

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Haskovo approved on July 5 a plea bargain between prosecutors and a

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Bulgaria 

Israeli embassy in Sofia condemns acts of violation against mosque, Chief Mufti’s office

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The embassy of Israel in Sofia strongly condemns the acts of violation and sacrilege of the Kurshun Mosque in Karlovo, which

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator elects Koshlukov as director-general of Bulgarian National Television

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Broadcast media regulator the Council for Electronic Media elected on July 5 Emil Koshlukov as the director-general of public broadcaster

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from Stanishev calling Borissov ‘a statesman’

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

The executive bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from the comment by Party of European Socialists leader Sergei

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Bulgaria 

Interior Ministry takes steps to ease traffic at Bulgaria-Greece Kulata checkpoint

July 5, 2019July 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, tourism

Five lanes will opened to ease the passage of cars from Bulgaria to Greece at the Kulata border checkpoint this

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Bulgaria 

Stones thrown at Muslim HQ in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

July 5, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Stones were thrown at the Sofia headquarters of the Office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, breaking

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