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Day: July 11, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Defence Minister signs F-16 fighter jet acquisition contracts

July 11, 2019July 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov signed on July 11 the contracts to buy eight Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets, one

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Bulgaria 

Fewer dead dolphins wash up on shores of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in 2019

July 11, 2019July 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer 2019 is again seeing numbers of dead dolphins washing up on the shore of Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastline, but

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Bulgaria 

Speaker of Bulgaria’s Parliament probes lawfulness of ouster of Siderov

July 11, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva, has ordered an investigation into whether the ouster of Ataka leader Volen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes new rules on passports, identity documents

July 11, 2019July 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

From 2021, Bulgarian citizens will have a choice of getting a passport with a validity of either five or 10

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Bulgaria 

CPT: Bulgaria progresses in treatment of detained foreigners, improvements in health care, communication needed

July 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee (CPT), in a report published on July 11, praised certain improvements in the conditions

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Bulgaria 

Defence Ministry: Bulgaria plans to buy another 8 F-16s, on deferred payments

July 11, 2019July 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A day after Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved a deal with the US to buy eight F-16 fighter jets for $1.25 billion,

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Remnants of Roman dwelling found in centre of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 11, 2019July 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

A team from heating energy distribution firm EVN Toplofikatsiya has found remnants of a Roman dwelling with a clay pipeline,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria bans sale of hookahs, e-cigs to under-18s, rejects ban on hookahs in indoor public places

July 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 11 to reject a proposed ban on the smoking of hookahs in indoor public

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: F-16 deal makes no sense if aircraft capabilities fall short

July 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has again called into question the country’s $1.25 billion deal to buy eight F-16 fighters, approved

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