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Bulgaria’s Defence Minister expects to sign contract for armoured vehicles in spring 2020

October 3, 2019October 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Deals for Bulgaria’s armed forces to acquire 150 armoured infantry vehicles and two naval patrol vessels are unlikely to be

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Bulgaria’s NRIC signs 185M leva contract for new signalling system on Plovdiv – Bourgas railway

October 3, 2019October 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) signed on October 3 a contract worth close to 185 million leva (about 94.5

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Bulgaria issues weather warnings over heavy rain forecast for October 4

October 3, 2019October 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the “Code Orange” warning of hazardous weather for eight districts because of heavy rain forecast for

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Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission: Siderov violated rules on TV talk show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia mayoral candidate, violated election law by his behaviour on

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Bulgaria’s latest court ruling in Jock Palfreeman saga

October 2, 2019October 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Court has declined to hear an application against a ban on Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman leaving

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Broadcast regulator condemns behaviour of Siderov on Bulgarian National Television election show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has expressed concern about the behaviour of Ataka leader and Sofia mayoral candidate Volen

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Bulgaria’s Cabinet adopts draft law scrapping citizenship for short-term investments

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on October 2 draft amendments to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act aimed at eliminating the possibility for foreigners

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Electric car rental company in Bulgaria alleges ‘massive’ vandalism campaign

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A company in Bulgaria that rents out electric cars has alleged that a “massive and organised attack by unknown perpetrators”

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Broadcast regulator fines Bulgarian National Radio 27 000 leva over suspension of programme

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has fined public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio 27 000 leva (about

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