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Bulgaria’s highest state honour conferred on outgoing US ambassador Rubin

June 10, 2019June 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony on June 10, Bulgaria’s highest state honour, the Stara Planina first degree, was conferred on outgoing United

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Bulgarian prosecutors reverse decision not to proceed over Hitler stickers

June 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Bourgas has overturned a decision by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in the Bulgarian Black Sea

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Bulgaria mulls plan for anti-terrorism centres

June 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Under the auspices of the Prosecutor-General’s Office, a project to set up anti-terrorism centres is being prepared, it has emerged

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Thousands turn out for Sofia Pride 2019

June 9, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An estimated more than 6000 people attended Sofia Pride 2019, held in Bulgaria’s capital city on June 8 with the

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Bulgarian Prosecutors: ‘Islamic State’ recruited 16-year-old who planned Plovdiv bomb attack

June 8, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A 16-year-old boy who had been preparing a bomb attack in central Plovdiv had been recruited by the “Islamic State”,

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Terrorist attack in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv thwarted – reports

June 8, 2019June 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgarian authorities have thwarted a planned terrorist bomb attack in the city of Plovdiv, arresting a boy in his late

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Poll: Support among Bulgarians for adoption of the euro drops to just less than half

June 7, 2019June 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Fifty-three per cent of Bulgarians believe that the euro has been good for the countries that already use the common

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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia one of eight sites picked to host European world-class supercomputers

June 7, 2019June 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, EuroHPC, has selected eight sites for supercomputing centres located in eight different EU countries to

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Bulgarian Jewish organisation supports Sofia Pride 2019

June 7, 2019June 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia Pride

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has issued a statement of support for Sofia Pride 2019 and the

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