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Month: January 2020

Sport 

Bulgaria’s Bansko to host additional downhill alpine skiing World Cup race

January 7, 2020January 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s winter resort of Bansko will host three women’s alpine skiing World Cup races on January 24-26, after being awarded

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Bulgaria 

New phase in investigation into alleged defrauding of EU funds for guest houses in Bulgaria

January 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has ordered the prosecutor’s offices in five cities to assume special oversight of 23 pre-trial proceedings

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Bulgaria 

Probe into reported looming water crisis in Bulgaria’s Botevgrad

January 7, 2020January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Special Prosecutor’s Office has begun an investigation following media reports quoting Botevgrad mayor Ivan Gavalyugov regarding a potential looming

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM meets US ambassador ahead of first Bulgaria-US Strategic Dialogue

January 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and US ambassador Herro Mustafa held talks on January 6, two days before the scheduled

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General cancels meeting with opposition leader over Pernik water crisis

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev cancelled a meeting planned for January 6 with opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova to discuss

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Bulgaria 

34% of Bulgarians cannot afford to heat their homes, highest rate in EU – Eurostat

January 6, 2020January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Thirty-four per cent of people in Bulgaria could not afford to keep their homes adequately warm, the highest percentage in

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Bulgaria 

‘Code Orange’ dangerous weather warning issued for Bulgaria’s Bourgas for January 6

January 5, 2020January 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather has been issued for the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coastal district of Bourgas

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Bulgaria 

Major concerts in Bulgaria in 2020

January 5, 2020January 9, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Audiences in Bulgaria will have a variety of major live concerts to choose from in 2020, going by those confirmed

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Bulgaria 

Greece restricts traffic at three border checkpoints with Bulgaria as heavy snowfall forecast

January 4, 2020January 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Greek authorities have announced that as of 6am on January 5, no vehicles with a load capacity of more than

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