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Month: July 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cabinet to meet on Budget amendments to cater for F-16 deal

July 12, 2019July 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s coalition Cabinet will hold a special meeting on the morning of July 15 on amending

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Third-century inscription with names of Dionysus cult found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 12, 2019July 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Archaeologists working at the Episcopal Basilica site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have found a large stone slab, estimated to

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Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – May 2019 up 9.1% – statistics institute

July 12, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria in January to May 2019 was 9.1 per cent higher than

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Bulgaria 

Sixth Allegra Festival and Academy starts in Bulgaria’s Rousse on July 15

July 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Rousse

A Chamber Concert on July 15 will open the 10-day programme, which includes nine concerts, of the 2019 Allegra Festival

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Bulgaria 

1305 non-EU nationals ordered to leave Bulgaria in 2018

July 12, 2019July 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 1305 non-EU nationals were ordered to leave Bulgaria in 2018, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on

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Europe 

More than 600 000 non-EU citizens found illegally present in EU in 2018

July 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In 2018, 471 000 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the European Union, while about 602 000 non-EU citizens were

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Bulgaria 

Opposition to debating scrapping machine voting sinks sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament

July 12, 2019July 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The sitting of Bulgaria’s National Assembly scheduled for July 12 was cancelled after a failure to gather a quorum, with

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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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