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Bulgarian Food Safety Authority blocks import of Polish chicken infected with salmonella

January 21, 2020January 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said on January 21 that it had blocked the import of three consignments of poultry

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Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with leaders at WEF in Davos

January 21, 2020January 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks with a number of leaders while in Davos on January 21 for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Air starting new direct flights to St Petersburg in April

January 20, 2020January 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, tourism

Flag carrier Bulgaria Air is starting new direct flights from Sofia to St Petersburg in Russia on April 18 2020,

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Bulgaria 

Pernik water crisis: Studena Dam will drop to ‘dead volume’ in two weeks – mayor

January 20, 2020January 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Studena Dam, the main supply of water for the Bulgarian town of Pernik, will have water only for a further

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Bulgaria 

WJC, Bulgarian Jews reject claims made at ‘national round table’ on forced labour camps

January 20, 2020January 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The World Jewish Congress says that it stands with its affiliate, the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria Shalom, in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ultra-nationalist MEP fined, licence suspended, over drink-driving

January 20, 2020January 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian ultra-nationalist MEP and former Sofia mayoral candidate Angel Dzhambazki has been fined 1000 leva (about 511 euro) and his

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International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ministers adopt 2020 Declaration

January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Cabinet ministers from member countries of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Bulgaria among them, adopted on January 19 the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with IMF head Georgieva

January 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, IMF, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks in Sofia with International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva on January

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Bulgaria 

‘Lukov March’ organiser Bulgarian National Union hits back over probe by prosecutors

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union, organiser of the annual Lukov March held in Sofia in praise of a pro-Nazi general,

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