Bulgarian State Agency for National Security staffer among four held over illegal antique dealing
An employee of the State Agency for National Security in the Bulgarian town of Haskovo is among four people facing
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
UK ambassador ‘shares Borissov’s disappointment’ over media coverage of Marinova murder
UK ambassador Emma Hopkins said in a television interview on October 11 that she shared Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s disappointment
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European Parliament committee proposes ‘European Humanitarian Visa’
The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has called for the establishment of a “European Humanitarian Visa” for which asylum-seekers would
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Bulgarian PM Borissov meets foreign ambassadors over Marinova murder case
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and other top officials met about 30 foreign ambassadors in Sofia to discuss the Viktoria
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Sofia Airport to hold emergency and rescue training exercises
Sofia Airport will hold full-scale emergency and rescue training exercises on October 11 and October 23, starting at 10am local
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Bulgarian Cabinet scraps Plovdiv Airport concession tender
Bulgaria’s Government approved on October 10 the proposal put forth by Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov to cancel the tender proceedings
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EU funding for upgrade of tram lines in Sofia
A total of 46.6 million euro from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is invested to upgrade tram infrastructure and
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Bulgarian government allocates 7M leva for wi-fi in 550 schools
Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved spending about seven million leva (about 3.5 million euro) to instal and develop wi-fi networks in
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Bulgarian former regional development minister Nankov returns as deputy minister
Nikolai Nankov, who submitted his resignation at the end of August as regional development minister following the Svoge fatal bus
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