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Month: December 2019

Perspectives 

French connections: How to revitalise the EU enlargement process

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Vessela Tcherneva

Across Europe, France’s obstruction of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania is widely seen as a step backwards. However,

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Bulgaria 

Tsvetanov: ‘Bulgaria and N Macedonia should focus on what unites us’

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria and North Macedonia, as well as the other countries in the Western Balkans, should focus on the things that

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Bulgaria 

Head of Road Administration in Bulgaria’s Pernik axed after being caught drink-driving

December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Road Administration in the Bulgarian town of Pernik, Petar Basmadzhiev, has been dismissed after being caught

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria deploys extra police as road accident numbers rise

December 14, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Additional police are being deployed to areas of Bulgaria that have high road accident rates, following a recent increase in

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Bulgaria 

Ski season 2019/2020 begins in Bulgaria’s Bansko, Pamporovo

December 14, 2019December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The 2019/2020 ski season was inaugurated in Bulgaria’s popular resort of Bansko on December 14, with Austrian alpine ski racer

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry braces for wave of ID renewals in 2020

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said on December 13 that it was putting in place additional measures to deal with the upcoming

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov congratulates Boris Johnson on sweeping UK election victory

December 13, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Boris Johnson on the UK Prime Minister’s decisive victory in the December 12

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ultra-nationalist MEP Dzhambazki caught drink-driving

December 13, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian member of the European Parliament, Angel Dzhambazki – deputy leader of Deputy Prime Minister Krassimir Karakachanov’s ultra-nationalist VMRO

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of archaeological discoveries in 2019 opens at Bulgaria’s National History Museum

December 12, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition of archaeological discoveries from the 2019 season opened at the National History Museum in Sofia on December 12

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