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Average price of agricultural land in Bulgaria rose 7.9% in 2018

June 12, 2019June 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The average price for 0.1 hectares of agricultural land in Bulgaria was 941 leva (about 481 euro) in 2018, an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria catches more than 200 drink-drivers in six-day operation

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Traffic Police found 212 motorists driving over the legal blood-alcohol limit and 48 who had used narcotics during a

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Europe 

Asylum applications in EU+ increase, pushed up by Venezuelans, Turks and Colombians

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

So far in 2019, applications for asylum in the EU+ are 15 per cent higher than last year, especially for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expects official proposal on F-16s ‘within a week’

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The official proposal by the United States to sell F-16 fighter jets to Bulgaria is expected to arrive within a

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Fragment with inscription in Ancient Greek from 2nd century found in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

June 11, 2019June 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A fragment with an inscription in Ancient Greek, dating from the first decades of the second century CE, has been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s child protection agency probes unlawful reporting on ‘radicalised’ teenager

June 11, 2019June 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media, Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s State Agency for Child Protection has an initiated an investigation into disclosures by a website of personal details of

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Bulgaria 

New railway line to cut Sofia – Plovdiv travelling time ‘by an hour’

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, Plovdiv

A new railway line being built between Sofia and the town of Elin Pelin will reduce travelling time between the

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Bulgaria 

At Plovdiv’s Great Basilica, foreign ambassadors send messages of tolerance

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Foreign ambassadors to Bulgaria from 20 countries took part in a June 11 ceremony at Plovdiv’s Great Basilica site, delivering

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Bulgaria 

‘Days of Africa’ festival in Bulgaria’s Bourgas in June 2019

June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The second “Days of Africa in Burgas” festival is to be held in the Bulgarian southern Black Sea city from

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