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Bulgarian PM axes officials over rinderpest outbreak as farmers protest in Sofia

July 18, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov dismissed Deputy Agriculture Minister Tsvetan Dimitrov and other officials on July 18 over the handling

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Bulgarian government grants permission for Dutch research vessel’s climate change research in Black Sea

July 18, 2018July 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The government in Sofia said on July 18 that it had given permission to the Dutch research vessel RV Pelagia

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Work on archaeological park at Sofia’s Slatina site to start in autumn 2019 – mayor

July 17, 2018July 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

Work on developing an archaeoligical park and visitor centre at the Slatina site in Bulgarian capital city Sofia is to

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.2% inflation in June

July 16, 2018August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.2 per cent inflation in June, up 0.6 percentage points compared to a

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Bulgaria announces measures following ovine rinderpest outbreak

July 16, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s operations headquarters set up to deal with the outbreak of ovine rinderpest said on July 16 that payment of

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Ten pimps held in international bust of forced prostitution ring luring Bulgarian women to France

July 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A joint action day in France, Bulgaria and Germany on July 3 resulted in searches of more than 20 locations

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry warns of traffic congestion at Serbian border

July 16, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a warning note on July 16 about the customary annual traffic congestion problem at

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Protests amid outrage over killing of sheep and goats over rinderpest outbreak in Bulgaria

July 15, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Controversy has erupted in Bulgaria over the killing of more than 4000 sheep and goats in the Bourgas and Yambol

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First for Bulgaria as audio tour added to narrow-gauge train

July 15, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

For the first time in Bulgaria, an audio tour system has been added to the Rodopi narrow-gauge train, offering information

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