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Month: July 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM among EU leaders in talks amid grappling over top jobs

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was among EU leaders caught up in complex negotiations on July 2, the third day

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Europe 

‘Code Red’ in Serbia over high temperatures, other Balkan countries face weather warnings

July 2, 2019July 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The highest-level “Code Red” warning of very dangerous weather has been issued for four districts in southern Serbia for July

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy corvette takes part in US-Ukrainian Exercise Sea Breeze 2019

July 2, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Navy corvette Bodri is taking part in Sea Breeze 2019, the exercise in the Black Sea co-hosted by

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Business 

Bulgaria competition watchdog re-instates Saudi firm Arkad as gas grid capacity expansion contractor

July 1, 2019July 5, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled to re-instate Saudi Arabian Arkad Engineering as the winner in the

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria turned down post of EU foreign policy chief

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In the June 30 negotiations among European Union leaders about who will hold the top posts in the EU, Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian military engineers destroy 50kg aerial bomb found in Plovdiv

July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian military engineers destroyed on July 1 a 50kg aerial bomb found during excavation work at a site in Plovdiv

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator announces lower electricity price hikes

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said on July 1 that it approved an electricity price increase that was

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Europe 

Roaming charges drop as Western Balkans regional agreement comes into force

July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Starting on July 1 2019, citizens and businesses in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia will

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Bulgaria 

Traffic police to check foreign-registered vehicles transiting Bulgaria in July, August

July 1, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police are conducting a special operation to check foreign citizens’ vehicles transiting the country during July and August,

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