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Interior Ministry takes steps to ease traffic at Bulgaria-Greece Kulata checkpoint

July 5, 2019July 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, tourism

Five lanes will opened to ease the passage of cars from Bulgaria to Greece at the Kulata border checkpoint this

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Bulgaria 

Stones thrown at Muslim HQ in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

July 5, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Stones were thrown at the Sofia headquarters of the Office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, breaking

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Bulgaria 

Mosque in Bulgaria’s Karlovo defaced with Nazi symbols, vulgar language

July 4, 2019July 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslim minority, has reacted with indignation to the defacing of

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Europe 

Young Jewish Europeans face increasing antisemitism, new EU study finds

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Many young Jewish Europeans face antisemitic harassment in Europe, but are also very resilient as they clearly express their Jewish

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Bulgaria 

More than 84% of recent graduates in Bulgaria have jobs – Eurostat

July 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The employment rate for recent tertiary graduates in Bulgaria in 2018 was 84.5 per cent, European Union statistics agency Eurostat

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Europe 

Italy’s Sassoli elected European Parliament president as Bulgaria’s Stanishev withdraws

July 3, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

MEPs have elected Italy’s David-Maria Sassoli, 63, as president of the European Parliament for a two-and-a-half-year term on July 3,

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Bulgaria 

EU leaders suggest Bulgaria’s Stanishev, Germany’s Weber as successive EP presidents – reports

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

European Union leaders are informally suggesting that Party of European Socialists leader and Bulgarian MEP Sergei Stanishev be elected for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM among EU leaders in talks amid grappling over top jobs

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was among EU leaders caught up in complex negotiations on July 2, the third day

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Europe 

‘Code Red’ in Serbia over high temperatures, other Balkan countries face weather warnings

July 2, 2019July 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The highest-level “Code Red” warning of very dangerous weather has been issued for four districts in southern Serbia for July

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