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Month: February 2020

Bulgaria 

Fitch Ratings re-affirms Bulgaria ‘BBB’ credit rating, positive outlook

February 22, 2020February 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘BBB’, with a positive

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Bulgaria 

Organisers: Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has upheld ban on Lukov March

February 22, 2020February 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Organisers of the Lukov March say that they have been shown a Supreme Administrative Court decision upholding an order by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Deputy PM: Ideologies of Lukov March, Hanau shooting not much different

February 22, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has issued a call to young people taking part in the

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Bulgaria 

German police bar 9 far-right activists from travelling to Lukov March in Bulgaria’s capital

February 21, 2020February 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

German federal police in North-Rhine Westphalia have barred nine people, eight men and a woman, from boarding a flight to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation Shalom speaks out against Lukov March

February 21, 2020February 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has expressed its strong condemnation and opposition to the holding of the

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Bulgaria 

Spanish police confirm investigation into Bulgarian PM Borissov – reports

February 21, 2020March 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Spanish police have confirmed that they are investigating Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov but said that until the investigation is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways adds carriages to narrow-gauge train for March 3 holiday

February 21, 2020February 24, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

Bulgarian state railways BDZ says that it is adding five additional carriages to the popular narrow-gauge train that runs between

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Bulgaria 

Parliamentary report recommends audits, tougher punishments after revenue agency data leak

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s MPs approved on February 20 the report of the ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the circumstances that led

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders express condolences after shootings in German city of Hanau

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria expresses solidarity with Germany in the fight against extremism, racism and far-right hatred, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said in

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