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Day: July 17, 2019

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Bulgaria picks French-German consortium in Sofia Airport concession tender

July 17, 2019July 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said on July 17 that it has selected the tie-up between French infrastructure investor Meridiam and Munich

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Person arrested after tax agency data leak, Bulgarian prosecutors say

July 17, 2019July 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on July 17 that it has pressed charges against a 20-year-old Bulgarian national, who has been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet seeks Parliament’s approval for F-16 industrial co-operation deal

July 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government is to ask the National Assembly to ratify a framework agreement between Bulgaria and Lockheed Martin regarding the

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New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria up 1.3% in January – June 2019

July 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria from January to June 2019 was 1.3 per cent higher than

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Culling of pigs in Bulgaria’s Rousse begins

July 17, 2019July 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever, Rousse

Euthanasia of pigs in Bulgaria’s Rousse district began on July 17 after outbreaks of African Swine Fever were confirmed. The

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Bulgaria 

666 people convicted in 2018 for illegally crossing Bulgaria’s borders

July 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 666 people were convicted in 2018 for illegal crossing of Bulgaria’s borders, the National Statistical Institute said

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