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Day: September 3, 2019

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry slams Russian embassy event marking 1944 Soviet invasion

September 3, 2019September 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly criticised an event planned by the Russian embassy in Sofia entitled “The 75th

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Ombudsman resigns, to stand as Sofia mayoral candidate

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Maya Manolova arrived at Bulgaria’s National Assembly on the afternoon of September 3 to submit her resignation as national Ombudsman,

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Bulgaria awards highest state honour to departing ambassador of Greece

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgaria has conferred its highest state honour, the Stara Planina first degree, on outgoing Greek ambassador Grigorios Vassiloconstandakis. Vassiloconstandakis, whose

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s local elections: Sofia mayor Fandukova sees Manolova candidacy as serious, not scary

September 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova, seeking a fourth term in Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 local elections, said that she sees the challenge

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Bulgaria’s GERB leader Borissov speaks on Ombudsman’s candidacy for Sofia mayor

September 3, 2019September 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria local elections 2019

Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov says that he has no regrets about the support he has

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