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Bulgaria grabs away win in first Uefa Nations League match

September 7, 2018September 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria won its first match in the Nations League, the new Uefa tournament replacing international friendly matches, 2-1 against Slovenia

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Bulgaria 

Policeman fired over traffic accident involving Bulgarian president’s father

September 6, 2018September 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

A police officer in the town of Harmanli has been fired in connection with his conduct after a collision involving

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Bulgaria 

Concours Mondial de Bruxelles Spirits Selection: Bulgarian rakiya award-winner named

September 6, 2018September 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Rakia Burgas 63 Special Selection 20th Anniversary 2015 produced by the Black Sea Gold company has won in the

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Bulgaria 

Programme for Plovdiv 2019 European Capital of Culture posted online

September 6, 2018September 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The “accents” in the programme for Plovdiv 2019 European Capital of Culture have been posted online. The bilingual programme is

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Bulgaria 

Monument of Gratitude for rescue of Bulgarian Jews from Holocaust unveiled in Tel Aviv

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews, Israel

A Monument of Gratitude for the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from mass murder in the Holocaust has been unveiled in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov praises security co-operation during visit to Israel

September 5, 2018September 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Israel

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov praised the high level of co-operation between the security services of Bulgaria and Israel during

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria abstaining from joining European Intervention Initiative – Defence Minister

September 5, 2018September 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov

Bulgaria would abstain for the time being from joining the European Intervention Initiative, the country’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov told

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors raid spirits company in tax evasion probe

September 5, 2018September 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on September 5 that the offices of spirits maker Vinprom Karnobat, its parent company SIS Industries

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Bulgaria 

Farmers in Bulgaria’s Silistra kill pigs to forestall euthanasia over African Swine Fever – reports

September 4, 2018July 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Farmers in villages in Bulgaria’s Silistra district have started large-scale killing of their pigs, to avoid the pigs being euthanised

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