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Day: February 4, 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road agency warns motorists as temperatures set to plummet

February 4, 2020February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Weather forecasts showed temperatures in Bulgaria set to plummet overnight on February 4, with heavy rain and snow on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Varna and Plovdiv extend ‘flu vacations’, keeping schools closed

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Varna announced that given the increased number of cases of influenza, it was extending its “flu vacation”,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM scorns President’s ‘withdrawal of confidence’ in government

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expressed surprise at the February 4 announcement by President Roumen Radev that he was withdrawing

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Perspectives 

Bulgarian President Radev’s ‘withdrawal of confidence’ is latest in succession of clashes with Borissov government

February 4, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

The speech to the nation by Bulgarian President Roumen Radev on February 4 in which he said he was withdrawing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President Radev: ‘As of today, I am officially withdrawing my confidence in the government’

February 4, 2020February 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

In a live televised address to the nation on February 4, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said that

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Bulgaria 

In January 2020, Bulgaria had lowest gross minimum wage in EU – Eurostat

February 4, 2020February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

In January 2020, Bulgaria had the lowest gross minimum wage in the European Union, at the equivalent of 312 euro

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Bulgaria 

US to name Bulgarian barred from country over corruption

February 4, 2020February 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States will announce within days the name of the first Bulgarian citizen to be barred from entering the

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