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Month: January 2020

Bulgaria 

Aftermath of Soleimani killing: Bulgaria cautions citizens regarding travel to Iran

January 4, 2020January 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Any travel to Iran should be undertaken only if urgent, and taking into account the security risks, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: 24 500 pigs to be culled at industrial farm in Bulgaria

January 4, 2020January 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

About 24 500 pigs are to be culled at an industrial farm in the village of Nikola Kozlevo in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Traffic Police: Record speeding violations during Festive Season

January 3, 2020January 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Festive Season holiday period has seen record violations of the speed limits on Bulgaria’s roads, with one motorist in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways announces 246M leva tender for 16 new electric trains

January 3, 2020January 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ Passenger Transport has announced a public procurement for 16 newly-manufactured electric trains, intended for use on

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry: Bulgaria very concerned about escalation in Iraq

January 3, 2020January 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said that it is very concerned about the escalation of tensions and violence in Iraq that has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road agency: 392M leva e-vignettes sold in 2019

January 2, 2020January 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Earnings from purchases of electronic road tax vignettes – “e-vignettes” – by Bulgarian and foreign drivers of light or heavy

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Bulgaria 

As 2020 begins, pensionable age in Bulgaria rises

January 2, 2020January 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The pensionable age for men and women employees in Bulgaria increased again on January 1 2020. Bulgaria has three categories

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Bulgaria 

Five long weekends in Bulgaria in 2020

January 1, 2020January 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

There will be five long weekends in Bulgaria in 2020, some the result of the country’s law that says that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in 2019 was higher than in 2018 – Interior Ministry

January 1, 2020January 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria ended the year 2019 with a road death toll of 623, twelve higher than the figure for 2018, the

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