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Bulgarian authorities: Water to be piped via Sofia to resolve crisis in Pernik

January 18, 2020January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The town of Pernik, stricken with a water supply crisis for months, is to be supplied with water from Belmeken

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Bulgarian Cabinet backs gambling bill banning private lottery games

January 17, 2020January 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet was supporting the bill of amendments to the country’s Gambling Act that would ban lottery games organised by

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2019 was 989.2M euro

January 17, 2020February 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2019 stood at 989.2 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General orders probe into organiser of ‘Lukov March’

January 17, 2020January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has ordered an investigation into the legality or otherwise of the Bulgarian National Union – Edelweiss

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Controversy over round table on Second World War labour camps for Bulgarian Jewish men

January 17, 2020January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria Shalom has sharply criticised a “national round table” held on January 17 billed

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Bulgaria 

Outrage as Jewish graves vandalised in Bulgaria’s town of Shoumen

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Outrage has resulted after vandals attacked tombstones in the Jewish cemetery in the town of Shoumen in north-eastern Bulgaria. In

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Bulgaria 

TEDxVitosha2020 – The event that you don’t want to miss

January 16, 2020January 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

TEDxVitosha is coming our way with high speed. Besides the terrific speakers, on January 25, we are going to hear

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Bulgaria 

Appeal court upholds custody for Bulgarian former environment minister facing mismanagement charges

January 16, 2020January 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Appellate Special Criminal Court ruled on January 16 to uphold an earlier court ruling remanding former environment minister Neno

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s statistical institute to hold test census in March

January 16, 2020January 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A test census of the population and of housing stock will be conducted by the National Statistical Institute in March,

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