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Man faces charges over faking Bulgarian passports, ID documents for migrants in Greece

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Shoumen has remanded in custody a 33-year-old fine arts graduate who faces

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Ninova fails in bid to exclude Stanishev from European Parliament candidate list

April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

The leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Kornelia Ninova, has failed in her attempt to exclude Party of European Socialists

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Bulgarian DOST party leader named as driver in collision in which baby died

April 14, 2019April 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Lyutvi Mestan

The leader of Bulgarian minority extra-parliamentary party DOST, Lyutvi Mestan, has been named as the driver of one of the

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Bulgaria 

Ninova proposes Bulgarian Socialist Party omits PES leader Stanishev from European Parliament candidate list

April 14, 2019April 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

Kornelia Ninova has proposed that her Bulgarian Socialist Party omits Party of European Socialists president Sergei Stanishev and two other

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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry, World Bank sign deal on shared services office in Sofia

April 13, 2019April 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

Minister of Finance Vladislav Goranov, in his capacity of Governor for Bulgaria in the World Bank Group, and Shaolin Yang,

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Bulgaria 

Many Roma have fled Gabrovo, as Bulgarian town braces for another ‘no to aggression’ protest

April 13, 2019April 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Many Roma families have temporarily left Gabrovo and for two days there have been almost no Roma children in schools,

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Bulgaria 

Brexit: Bulgaria’s Parliament amends Foreigners Act provisions on residence rights of UK nationals

April 12, 2019April 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

If the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal, UK citizens who want to stay in Bulgaria will

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM on F-16s: ‘When I negotiate with Trump, I will tell you what compromise I’m willing to accept’

April 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

“The goal is that we have the best aircraft at the best possible price,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said

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Gabrovo police chief quits at Bulgarian PM’s request after clashes, arson during anti-Roma protests

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

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on April 12 that he wanted the chief of police in the town of

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