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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines supermarket chain Fantastico 162 300 leva

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said that it has fined one of the companies operating the Sofia-based supermarket

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Bulgaria 

Deputy PM: Bulgaria and its people have defied hatred, racism and xenophobia

April 23, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Addressing the second consecutive Passover Seder dinner that she has hosted, Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors probe allegations about houses of family of socialist top candidate MEP

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office said on April 23 that it was responding to media reports by ordering an investigation

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Bulgaria 

Mayor: Number of foreign tourists visiting Sofia up 82% in past 10 years

April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

The number of foreign tourists visiting Sofia has increased by 82 per cent in the past 10 years, mayor Yordanka

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election watchdog picks company to supply voting machines

April 23, 2019April 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has picked a winner in the tender for the hire of 3000 voting machines for

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Bulgaria 

Murderer of Bulgarian TV presenter Marinova sentenced to 30 years in prison

April 22, 2019April 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Regional Court in Rousse has sentenced Severin Krassimirov to 30 years in prison for the October 2018 rape and

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Bulgaria 

Deadline for decision on Bulgaria’s new naval patrol vessels set for after European Parliament elections

April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A report by an interministerial committee on the three bids submitted to supply the Bulgarian Navy with two naval patrol

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: Nazi symbolism has no place in our country

April 22, 2019April 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued a strongly-worded statement on April 22 condemning the gathering of far-right organisations held in Sofia the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria wins arbitration case filed by Omani fund over CCB insolvency

April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria won the arbitration case filed by the State General Reserve Fund of the Sultanate of Oman at the International

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