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Euro-Atlantic Security Center head Tsvetanov holds series of meetings in Washington DC

February 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Euro-Atlantic Security Center (EASC) head Tsvetan Tsvetanov has held a succession of meetings with heads of influential research institutes in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council to request information from State Dept on judge barred from US

February 6, 2020February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council is to request, through the Foreign Ministry, information from the US State Department regarding the barring

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns on winter weather hazards in Greece, Romania, Croatia

February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Kyllini – Poros (Kefaloni) and Perama – Salamina ferry lines in Greece were closed on February 6 because of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian returned from Sri Lanka tests negative for new coronavirus

February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian admitted to the regional hospital in Haskovo after returning from Sri Lanka has tested negative for new coronavirus,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian judge barred from US because of alleged corruption declines to comment – reports

February 6, 2020February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Andon Mitalov, the Bulgarian Specialized Criminal Court judge barred from entering the United States because of what the State Department

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Bulgaria 

Snowfalls cause traffic problems, power cuts in Bulgaria

February 6, 2020February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Heavy snowfalls that blanketed much of Bulgaria have caused traffic disruptions while settlements in a number of municipalities were left

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Bulgaria 

Europol: Huge hit to illegal IPTV distributors in Bulgaria

February 5, 2020February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

EU police co-operation agency Europol supported a massive crackdown on illegal IPTV distributors in an operation carried out by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria complains about Serbia delay in ex-CCB banker Vassilev’s extradition

February 5, 2020February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has written to the Council of Europe to complain about Serbia’s continued delay to rule on

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Bulgaria 

US bars Bulgarian Specialized Criminal Court judge over ‘significant corruption’

February 5, 2020February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on February 5 that he was barring Bulgarian Specialized Criminal Court Judge

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