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Bulgarian socialists call June 15 party congress after leader Ninova resigns

May 28, 2019May 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova’s plans to hold a leadership contest under new rules were dashed on May

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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences archaeologists find 7600-year-old skeleton

May 28, 2019May 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have found a skeleton in the remains of an early Neolithic tomb

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Bulgaria 

Plan for tourist route of Jewish landmarks in Bulgaria

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry and the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” have agreed on an idea to create a

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Bulgaria 

Measles cases in Bulgaria now number 759 – chief health inspector

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of measles cases in Bulgaria continues to increase and now add up to 759, Chief State Health Inspector

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Bulgaria 

European elections 2019: Five Bulgarian parties win MEP seats, partial results show

May 27, 2019May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right party GERB was set for a clear win in Bulgaria’s May 26 European Parliament elections,

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Romania ruling party leader heads to jail after corruption conviction upheld

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Liviu Dragnea, the head of Romania’s ruling social-democrat party, turned himself in on May 27 after a high court upheld

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM ‘happy’ with European Parliament election results

May 27, 2019May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB party, has pronounced himself “happy” with his party’s results in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments on property expropriation

May 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on May 27 that he has vetoed amendments to the State Property Act meant to

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Bulgaria’s election commission penalises party over machine-gunning video

May 26, 2019May 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission has ordered the Vuzrazhdane party penalised for its election campaign video depicting a politician machine-gunning people

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