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Month: July 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov discusses Kosovo issue with Serbian counterpart Brnabić

July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

A day after Bulgaria and Serbia summoned each other’s ambassadors over the controversy over Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić’s remarks

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Bulgaria 

Court orders Sofia city hall to wash streets to reduce air pollution

July 8, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia City Court ruled on July 8 to require Sofia city hall to wash streets more frequently in order to

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Bulgaria 

Dačić’s comments about Borissov unacceptable, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry tells Serbian ambassador

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

The comments by Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić regarding Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and the Kosovo issue were unacceptable

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Bulgaria puts price on the heads of wild pigs

July 8, 2019July 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Bulgaria will pay hunters 50 leva (about 25.56 euro) for each wild pig they shoot dead in areas where there

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Bulgaria 

Court in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv upholds conviction of two for training pitbulls for dog fights

July 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The District Court in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has upheld the conviction and sentences for two men found guilty of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM congratulates Mitsotakis on landslide victory in Greece’s elections

July 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov telephoned the leader of Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to congratulate him on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge two Military Intelligence generals over breaches of classified information rules

July 8, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Military District Prosecutor’s Office – Sofia has been conducting pre-trial proceedings in connection with offences by senior officers at

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Europe 

Greece’s elections: Mitsotakis’s New Democracy wins by landslide

July 8, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

With more than 92 per cent of votes counted in the early hours of Monday morning, the conservative New Democracy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov on Dačić spat: Serbia should come to an understanding with Kosovo

July 7, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has responded to the criticism of him by Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić – over

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