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Month: September 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to open talks with ContourGlobal to end power purchasing agreement

September 11, 2019September 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided on September 11 to open talks with ContourGlobal Maritsa Iztok 3 on terminating its power purchasing agreement

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Bulgaria 

Espionage allegations: Bulgaria bans Russian billionaire Malofeev for 10 years

September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The head of Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security has imposed a 10-year ban on Russian billionaire Konstantin Malofeev entering

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament briefed on espionage allegations against head of Russophile Movement

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At the request of MPs, the head of the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the Interior Minister briefed

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM comments on espionage allegations against head of Russophile Movement

September 11, 2019September 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s geopolitical orientation is the European Union and Nato, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at the start of a regular

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Russophile leader accused of espionage rejects allegations

September 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Nikolai Malinov, the president of Bulgaria’s Russophile Movement who is facing charges of spying for Russia, has rejected the allegations,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s pupil-teacher ratio at primary school level just above EU average – Eurostat

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The pupil-teacher ratio at primary school level in Bulgaria in 2017 was 15.3, just above the average for the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria charges head of Russophile movement with espionage for Russia

September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Russophile National Movement in Bulgaria, Nikolai Malinov, has been accused of espionage and former KGB general

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel nominated to be European Commissioner for Innovation and Youth

September 10, 2019September 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Maria Gabriel

Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel is being nominated for the Innovation and Youth portfolio in the next European Commission, EC President-elect Ursula

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Europe 

EC President-elect Von der Leyen announces portfolios for next European Commission

September 10, 2019September 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced on September 10 the proposed portfolios for the Commission that is due

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