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Month: August 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM speaks on African Swine Fever outbreaks as protests spread

August 2, 2019August 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever, Boiko Borissov

After days of silence on the topic, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov spoke on the African Swine Fever crisis facing

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Bulgaria 

ASF: Bulgaria’s pig industry calls for national emergency to be declared

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Representatives of Bulgaria’s industrial pig companies called on August 2 for the declaration of a countrywide state of emergency because

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Bulgaria 

Sofia metro line 3 opening delayed to February 2020 due to train testing

August 2, 2019August 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The opening of the third line of the Sofia metro underground rapid transit system has been pushed back from October

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria commissions new laboratory buildings at Antarctic base

August 2, 2019August 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

New laboratories are to be built at Bulgaria’s St Kliment Ohridski Antarctic base, following the award of a commission to

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Bulgaria 

ASF: Two protests in Bulgaria against compulsory culling of pigs

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Two protests are scheduled in Bulgaria for August 2 against an order for the compulsory culling of “back yard” pigs

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: More than 100 000 pigs in northern Bulgaria killed

August 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The outbreaks of African Swine Fever in Bulgaria have resulted in more than 100 000 pigs being culled in the

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Bulgaria 

ASF: Mayors in Bulgaria’s Pazardzhik district vow to defy slaughter order

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Mayors of 31 villages in the district of Pazardzhik in Bulgaria have issued a joint statement saying that they will

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Bulgaria 

In Skopje, Bulgarian PM urges joint historical commission ‘to work daily’

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Visiting Skopje, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has urged a joint Bulgarian-North Macedonia historical commission to “work daily” to come

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM in Skopje to celebrate two years of good-neighbourliness treaty

August 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has arrived in Skopje, where together with his North Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, he will

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