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Month: November 2019

Bulgaria 

Mario Hossen and Adrian Oetiker: ‘Between Two Worlds’ concert in Sofia on November 25

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Virtuoso violinist Mario Hossen, popularly known as the “Bulgarian Paganini” and Swiss pianist Adrian Oetiker will perform in a concert

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Customs finds 93kg of heroin in lorry at Danube Bridge

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian customs officers found 93.6kg of heroin, separated into 184 packages, during an inspection of a Bulgarian-registered lorry at the

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Bulgaria 

German Christmas Market in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia opens on November 22

November 17, 2019November 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A traditional German Christmas market is to be held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia for the ninth consecutive year, opening

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rejects data protection law clause on media

November 17, 2019November 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has ruled unconstitutional an article of the Personal Data Protection Act that set out 10 criteria for

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Bulgaria 

Residents of Bulgaria’s Pernik face months of water restrictions

November 17, 2019November 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Water restrictions take effect in Bulgaria’s Pernik municipality on November 18 and could last some months. There will be water

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria competition watchdog dismisses appeals against Sofia Airport concession pick

November 16, 2019November 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled against the appeals lodged by the four losing bidders in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture seeks return of 46M leva EU funding for guest houses

November 16, 2019November 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Investigations so far by Bulgaria’s State Fund Agriculture into alleged abuses of European Union funding for guest house projects have

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Bulgaria 

Jet carrying Bulgarian PM makes manual landing after navigation system fails

November 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The commander of the 28th Air Detachment, in charge of flying Bulgaria’s state and government officials, has suggested that it

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM concerned by ‘division’ in North Macedonia on EU

November 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Borissov, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has told an annual summit in the Greek city of Thessaloniki that he is concerned

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