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Day: October 30, 2019

Bulgaria 

Police in Bulgaria seize more than 4600 items in bust of illegal antique dealing

October 30, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 4600 items, including antique amphorae, coins, ornaments, ceramics and friezes have been seized in an international operation carried

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Bulgaria 

In Bulgaria’s Plovdiv: A symposium on communist-era monuments

October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

With English as its working language, a symposium is to be held in Plovdiv – Bulgaria’s second city and current

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Bulgaria 

Latest protest demands Radev not sign decree appointing Geshev Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General

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

The latest in a succession of protests against the appointment of Ivan Geshev as Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General saw a large turnout

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research poll: GERB’s Sofia mayor Fandukova will defeat Manolova in run-off

October 30, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Incumbent Sofia mayor and GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova will defeat her socialist-backed challenger Maya Manolova in the run-off vote on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: Russian ‘spy’ given 24 hours to quit the country has left

October 30, 2019November 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Russian diplomat given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria following allegations of espionage has flown to Moscow along with his

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Bulgaria 

GERB expects dirty tricks stunt ahead of Bulgaria’s mayoral run-off elections

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

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party says that it expects a dirty tricks stunt to be mounted to

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Bulgaria 

Mayoral candidates in Bulgaria’s large cities pursue endorsements ahead of run-off elections

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

Spare a thought for Mladen Mladenov, Iliya Zyumbilev and Milena Dimitrova. Few else may. In the October 27 mayoral elections

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Bulgaria has third-lowest tax-to-GDP ratio in the EU

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

Bulgaria had the third-lowest tax-to-GDP ratio in the European Union in 2018, at 29.9 per cent, according to the EU’s

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria is actively countering antisemitism, xenophobia and hate speech

October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

At a meeting with the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry (NCSEJ), Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva

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