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Bulgaria government gives additional 5M leva for pay for Orthodox Church priests

January 30, 2019January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is allocating an additional five million leva (about 2.5 million euro) to the Religions Directorate to help pay

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Israeli ambassador to Bulgaria on Holocaust remembrance: ‘Just another milestone in the long journey’

January 30, 2019January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel

This is the message from the State of Israel’s ambassador to Bulgaria, Irit Lilian, in relation to International Holocaust Remembrance

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UK government’s advisory on healthcare, pensions for British nationals in Bulgaria if there is a no-deal Brexit

January 29, 2019January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The UK government is seeking agreements with EU countries, including Bulgaria, on healthcare arrangements for UK nationals after March 29,

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Bulgaria court remands in custody five accused of financing terrorism

January 29, 2019January 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Appellate Special Criminal Court has upheld an application by prosecutors to remand in custody five people accused of financing

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Bulgaria’s Turgovishte district declares influenza epidemic

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The district of Turgovishte in Bulgaria announced a flu epidemic on January 29, declaring that schools would be closed until

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Bulgaria’s Sofia municipality signs 44.7M leva contract for 13 new trams

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The municipality in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia signed on January 29 a 44.7 million leva (about 22.8 million euro) contract

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Bulgaria among EU countries where new rules on dividing property of ‘international couples’ come into force

January 29, 2019January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

New European Union regulations clarifying the rules applicable to property regimes for international married couples or registered partnerships apply in

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Bulgaria 

Flood warnings issued for parts of Bulgaria, with predictions of intense rain and melting snow

January 29, 2019January 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

There is a danger of flooding in Bulgaria’s East Aegean and West Aegean river basins, the National Institute of Metereology

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In Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, flu epidemic empties schools, fills shopping malls

January 29, 2019January 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-three out of Bulgaria’s 28 districts were subject to flu epidemic declarations as of January 29, with more than 1500

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