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Day: January 28, 2020

Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Bulgarian PM says will send aircraft to fetch students from Wuhan

January 28, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on January 28 that the government was ready to send an aircraft to fetch

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Bulgaria 

Three more districts in Bulgaria declare flu epidemics

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The regional health inspectorates in Bulgaria’s districts of Sliven, Vidin and Silistra have declared influenza epidemics as of January 29,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prosecutors seek clarity on presidential immunity, release wire-taps

January 28, 2020January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 28 that Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev’s request for a Constitutional Court ruling on presidential immunity

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Bulgaria 

Automatic weapons found at home of man who shot himself in Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security building

January 28, 2020January 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A large quantity of firearms and ammunition has been found at the home of a man who fatally shot himself

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Bulgaria 

Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019 were slightly up on 2018 – statistics institute

January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There were 9.3 million foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria in 2019, about 0.4 per cent higher than in 2018, the

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Bulgaria 

Pernik water crisis: Sofia city council approves government’s rescue plan

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A meeting of Sofia city council on January 28 overwhelmingly approved a rescue plan proposed by the Bulgarian government intended

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘New Bulgarian Painting 3’ opens in Sofia on January 28

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition entitled “New Bulgarian Painting 3” opens at the Oborishte 5 Hall and Gallery on January 28 at 6.30pm

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Bulgaria 

Dominic Miller Group on Tour 2020 coming to Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Varna in March

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Dominic Miller Group on Tour 2020 will be coming to Bulgaria’s cities of Plovdiv and Varna in 2020, according

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court overturns ban on Australian murder convict Palfreeman leaving Bulgaria

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Administrative Court overturned the Bulgarian Migration Directorate’s 2011 ban on Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman leaving Bulgaria, public

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