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Month: September 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overrule President’s veto on Military Intelligence Act amendments

September 5, 2019September 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly returned from summer recess to familiar business, overturning President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the Military

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.8% economic growth in Q2 2019

September 5, 2019September 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: 7400 farmers in Bulgaria apply for compensation

September 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

More than 7400 applications have been submitted by farmers in Bulgaria awaiting compensation for pigs killed because of African Swine

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Bulgaria 

Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ to be performed in English in Sofia in October

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

The Munich-based America Drama Group Europe, in co-operation with TNT Britain Theatre, will perform an English-language musical theatre version of

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Bulgaria 

Russian embassy responds to Bulgarian Foreign Ministry criticism of September 1944 commemoration

September 4, 2019September 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Russian embassy in Sofia has responded to the sharp criticism levelled at it by Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry over an

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Bulgaria 

President sets out proposals to Parliament to make Bulgaria ‘normal European country’

September 4, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev spelt out a critical view of the country at the September 4 opening

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Business 

No-deal Brexit: EC publishes checklist for businesses trading with UK

September 4, 2019September 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The European Commission said on September 4 that it had published a detailed checklist to help businesses trading with the

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Bulgaria 

Traffic Police in Bulgaria’s capital to fine riders of electric scooters

September 4, 2019September 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Electric scooters have no right to travel on roads in Sofia and traffic police would penalise users, Commissioner Lyubomir Kostadinov,

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv’s ‘Night’ 2019: Full programme in English published

September 4, 2019September 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The 14th “Night” series of events – formerly known as the Night of Museums and Galleries – is being held

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