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Month: December 2019

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Nato Secretary General praises Bulgaria’s contributions to Euro-Atlantic security

December 12, 2019December 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praised Bulgaria’s contributions to collective security in a meeting with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov at

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Bulgarian President’s latest criticism of government again sparks controversy

December 12, 2019December 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has hit back after President Roumen Radev’s latest sharp criticisms of the government, levelled in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet seeks to buy new government jet

December 11, 2019December 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on December 11 that it has mandated the head of the 28th Air Detachment, in charge of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet allocates 483M leva for Hemus Motorway construction

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government decided on December 11 to allocate 483 million leva, or about 247 million euro, to the regional development

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TEDxVitosha2020 and the meaning of success

December 11, 2019December 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

We have heard plenty of definitions for success. What about your own? In the TEDxVitosha community it means celebration. We

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament elects Sotir Tsatsarov as anti-corruption commission head

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing prosecutor-general Sotir Tsatsarov was elected on December 11 as head of the Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation

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Bulgarian MPs approve increased consumer protection in contract law

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at second reading on December 11 a bill of amendments to the Civil Procedure Code that are

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Bulgaria 

Proposal for candidates for Bulgarian citizenship to declare countries they have lived in for past 10 years

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Justice is proposing to change the regulations on applications for citizenship to require candidates to declare in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria suspends operation of embassy in Yemen’s capital Sana’a

December 11, 2019December 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet decided at a regular weekly meeting on December 11 to suspend the operation of the country’s embassy in

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