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Day: October 29, 2019

Bulgaria 

UEFA penalises Bulgarian Football Union over racist behaviour at Bulgaria-England Euro 2020 match

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

UEFA’s control, ethics and disciplinary body announced on October 29 the penalties it was imposing on the Bulgarian Football Union

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria hands Russian ambassador note giving ‘spy’ 24 hours to leave the country

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on October 29 that it had handed Russian ambassador Anatoly Makarov a note setting a 24-hour

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria heads for second-round mayoral elections in 97 municipalities on November 3

October 29, 2019October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Voters in 97 municipalities in Bulgaria, including 18 major cities, will be invited back to the ballot boxes on November

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader pours scorn on Borissov’s claim of ‘unprecedented victory’ in local elections

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova has poured scorn on claims by GERB party leader and Prime Minister Boiko

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Business 

Poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria gloomier in October 2019

October 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) found a gloomier business climate in October 2019. Previous polls

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Bulgaria 

Annual Remembrance Sunday services to be held in Sofia, Plovdiv

October 29, 2019November 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual Remembrance Sunday service will be held in the military section of Sofia Central Cemetery on November 10 2019.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Thousands voted ‘I don’t support anyone’

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

Ballot papers in Bulgaria’s October 27 local elections offered the option of ticking the box “I don’t support anyone” and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police urge motorists to drive carefully as sharp change in weather forecast

October 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police issued a call on October 29 for motorists to drive with caution over the next three days, with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issued 11 864 first residence permits in 2018 – Eurostat

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria issued 11 864 first residence permits in 2018, up from 10 958 in 2017 and 7942 in 2016, according

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