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Zaharieva on Brexit: ‘Bulgarians in UK will not feel a difference tomorrow’

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

Bulgarians living in the United Kingdom will not notice a significant difference tomorrow, once the country leaves the European Union,

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Europe 

EU mobilises 10 million euro for research on the new coronavirus outbreak

January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission is to grant 10 million euro from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, to support research

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police start week-long operation against speeding

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

A special police operation against breaking the speed limit is underway from January 31 to February 7, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry

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Europe 

EU presidents on Brexit: ‘A new dawn for Europe’

January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The presidents of three European Union institutions published an op-ed on January 31 to mark Brexit, titling it “a new

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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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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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