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Day: November 5, 2019

Bulgaria 

EU funds for projects at Bulgaria’s Perperikon, Kremikovsky Monastery, Hissarya

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Kremikovsky Monastery, Perperikon and the Thermae of Ancient Diocletianopolis (present-day Hissarya) are among the sites where projects are to

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Europe 

European Food Safety Authority sees ‘very high’ risk of ASF spreading to nine disease-free Balkan countries.

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

A new risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority has found that there is a “very high risk” of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Cinemania international film festival opens in November 2019

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

There will be 56 premieres and showing of acclaimed films at the Cinemania international film festival in Sofia, which opens

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM among 17 European leaders to adopt Prague Declaration supporting Cohesion Policy

November 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was among 17 European leaders, members of the “Friends of Cohesion” group, to adopt a

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of treasures from Bulgaria’s Veliki Preslav opens in Sofia on November 6

November 5, 2019November 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition entitled “At the Gates of the Royal Court – Treasures of Veliki Preslav” opens at the National Archaeological

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria in second place in EU in recycling plastic packaging waste – Eurostat

November 5, 2019November 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the second-highest rate in the European Union in recycling plastic packaging waste in 2017, EU statistics agency Eurostat

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