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Day: August 28, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian sappers to destroy corroded artillery shell found in Tvarditsa

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In the latest incident in recent days involving the finding of unexploded old munitions in Bulgaria, a highly corroded 122m

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian lender Banka DSK fined 1M leva for data breach

August 28, 2019September 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s commission for personal data protection said on August 28 that it had fined Banka DSK, the country’s second-largest lender

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria road agency check finds 120 illegal refuse dumps under bridges

August 28, 2019September 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The check ordered by Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency in the wake of the fire that damaged the supports on a

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 20m ancient tower uncovered at Maltepe mound site in Bulgaria

August 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A team from the Regional Archaeological Museum in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has uncovered a 20 metre-high tower at the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government approves record 70M leva for 2019 municipal elections

August 28, 2019August 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At a Cabinet meeting on August 28, Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved spending 70.7 million leva (about 36.1 million euro) on the

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Bulgaria 

Petition smears Jewish deputy head of Bulgaria’s ethnic integration council

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

An online petition is using false allegations to seek the resignation of Maxim Benvenisti, a member of the executive board

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s government approves further 28M leva for compensation, steps against ASF

August 28, 2019August 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Bulgaria’s government has approved additional funding of up to 28 million leva (about 14 million euro) for the Agriculture Ministry

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Bulgaria 

ASF: Culling at industrial pig farm in Bulgaria’s Rousse continues

August 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Culling of pigs at an industrial farm in Golyamo Vranovo in Bulgaria’s Rousse district, where an outbreak of African Swine

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Bulgaria 

Security co-operation main topic in phone call between Bulgarian, UK PMs

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Brexit

The extremely good security co-operation between the UK and Bulgaria was the main topic of a phone conversation between British

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