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Month: January 2020

Bulgaria 

Sparks fly in Bulgaria’s Parliament over victims of country’s communist era

January 31, 2020February 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

On the eve of February 1, Bulgaria’s day of commemoration for the victims of the country’s communist era, members of

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Bulgaria 

Remembrance ceremony at Sofia Synagogue honours Holocaust victims, rescuers of Bulgarian Jews

January 31, 2020February 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A January 30 ceremony at Sofia Central Synagogue commemorated the victims of the Holocaust and honoured those who rescued the

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Bulgaria 

Russian Foreign Ministry: Bulgaria’s expulsion of diplomats was ‘show’

January 31, 2020February 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has slammed as “unfriendly steps” and a “PR campaign, a show” Bulgaria’s expulsion of

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World 

WHO declares coronavirus a global health emergency

January 30, 2020February 28, 2020 VOANews new coronavirus

The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus outbreak that has spread from China to 18 other countries a global

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Europe 

EU concludes approval of Brexit withdrawal agreement

January 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The Council of the European Union said on January 30 that it had adopted, by written procedure, the decision on

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Bulgaria 

Red paint splashed on Alyosha Soviet soldier monument in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

January 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Red paint was splashed on the Aloysha monument to the Soviet soldier on Bunardzhika hill in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Turgovishte, Pleven districts declare influenza epidemic

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

The regional health inspectorates in Bulgaria’s districts of Turgovishte and Pleven have declared influenza epidemics, closing schools from January 31

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2019 was 3.7% – Eurostat

January 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2019 was 3.7 per cent, down from 4.7 per cent in December 2018, European Union

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Business climate in Bulgaria improved in January 2020

January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The business climate in Bulgaria improved in January 2020 compared with December, according to the findings of a regular monthly

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