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Bulgaria arrests 58, confiscates 9 pitbulls in operation against illegal dog fights

April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police have arrested 58 people and confiscated nine pitbulls after receiving a tip-off about illegal dog fights, the Interior

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors suspend Bulgarian DOST leader’s driving licence

April 16, 2019April 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

The Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Kurdzhali has temporary withdrawn the driving licence of Lyutvi Mestan, who was involved in a

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Bulgaria 

Plan for bust of controversial figure at Bulgaria’s ‘Yard of the Cyrillic Alphabet’

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A plan to unveil a bust of Garegin Nzhdeh in the Writers’ Alley of the Yard of the Cyrillic Alphabet

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian National Union to host far-right groups from all over Europe in Sofia

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Ultra-nationalist extra-parliamentary party the Bulgarian National Union is to host a gathering of far-right groupings from all over Europe in

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Europe 

UN agency chiefs: ‘A global measles crisis’ is well underway

April 16, 2019April 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Noting a 300 per cent surge in the number of measles cases during the first three months of 2019, compared

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM on Notre Dame fire: ‘My thoughts are with the French people and whole Catholic world’

April 15, 2019April 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has reacted to the fire devastating Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, writing in a Twitter

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Bulgaria 

Former Sofia district mayor handed 20-year sentence in corruption trial

April 15, 2019November 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s specialised court found the former mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district Dessislava Ivancheva guilty on April 15 on charges of

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Bulgaria 

Leader of Bulgaria’s DOST party out on 10 000 leva bail after collision in which child died

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

Lyutvi Mestan, leader of Bulgaria’s extra-parliamentary DOST political party, has been released on bail of 10 000 leva (about 5000

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.6% inflation in March

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.6 per cent inflation in March, up from 3.2 per cent a month

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