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Day: December 6, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with Russian ambassador

December 6, 2019December 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks on December 6 with the Russian ambassador in Sofia, Anatoly Makarov, the government

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Bulgaria 

In seven-day operation, Bulgaria fines 37 582 motorists for speeding

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In a special operation against speeding, carried out from November 25 to December 1, a total of 37 582 motorists

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sends 12 construction engineers to Albania to aid assessment of earthquake-hit buildings

December 6, 2019December 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Albania

Bulgaria has sent 12 construction engineers to Albania to assist in the assessment of the buildings affected by the 6.4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament calls on Cabinet to propose plan for developing media environment

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted unanimously on December 6 to call on the Cabinet to propose a plan for the development

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Bulgaria 

NSI: 75% of Bulgarian households have internet access

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 75.1 per cent of households in Bulgaria have internet access at home, an increase of 42 per cent over

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Bulgaria 

More than a third of commercial aircraft in Bulgaria older than 20 years – Eurostat

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Forty-four per cent of the commercial aircraft in use in Bulgaria are 20 years old or more, according to statistics

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies contract to buy two minesweepers from the Netherlands

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on December 6 to ratify a contract to buy two second-hand minesweepers from the Netherlands. The

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Bulgaria 

Traffic Police chief of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv fired

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Chief Inspector Dimitar Dimitrov has been fired as Plovdiv Traffic Police chief because of the high number of road deaths

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian theatre and screen actress Stoyanka Mutafova dies aged 97

December 6, 2019December 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Stoyanka Mutafova, nominated in 2016 to be listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest working

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