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Month: July 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament mourns death of GERB MP Dukova

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly observed a minute of silence at the start of its July 10 sitting in mourning for the

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Bulgaria 

Siderov ousted as leader of Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ coalition parliamentary group

July 10, 2019July 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The leader of Bulgaria’s Ataka party, Volen Siderov, has been ousted as leader of the parliamentary group of the ultra-nationalist

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government grants 3.7M leva to combat African Swine Fever

July 10, 2019July 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has granted 3.7 million leva (about 1.89 million euro) to combat African Swine Fever in the country, the

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Perspectives 

Israeli ambassador Lilian: ‘Ending Iran’s nuclear military programme and its belligerent behaviour’

July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

By Irit Lilian, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Bulgaria Later this month, we will commemorate the victims of

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors probe alleged fraud involving Bulgarian Orthodox Church real estate

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Prosecutors have searched two notary offices in Sofia as part of an investigation into illegal transactions involving properties, some of

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Bulgaria 

‘Code Orange’ dangerous weather warning issued for 6 districts in Bulgaria over heavy rain, thunderstorms

July 10, 2019July 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather for six districts in the southern part of the country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria government coalition tables Electoral Code amendments on machine voting

July 9, 2019July 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government coalition has tabled a bill of amendments to the Electoral Code that would remove the requirement to use

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria arrests 3 wanted by France over skimming operation

July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Three Bulgarians have been arrested, in Sofia and the north-eastern Bulgarian town of Dobrich, at the request of France, which

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Serbian foreign ministers hold talks over Kosovo row

July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva and her Serbian counterpart Ivica Dačić held talks on July 9 on the row over

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