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Almost half of Bulgarian households say they have difficulty paying for health care – Eurostat

April 6, 2018April 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Close to 47 per cent of Bulgarian households said that they had difficulty in paying for health care services, according

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister hosts Passover Seder for Bulgarian, Balkan Jewish communities

April 6, 2018April 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgarian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva hosted on April 5 a Passover Seder attended by leaders of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister to put fighter jet, armoured vehicle acquisition proposals to Cabinet

April 5, 2018April 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov has decided to ask for Cabinet approval for two acquisition projects, for 16 fighter jets

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Bulgarian court approves extradition of ‘Islamic State’ terrorism suspect to Morocco

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff terrorism

The district court in the Bulgarian town of Haskovo has approved an application for the extradition of Moroccan citizen Naufal

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Bulgaria reports bird flu outbreak on duck farm in Yambol district

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A new outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza was confirmed at a duck farm in the village of Zimnitsa,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria faces an Orthodox Easter long weekend of light rain, heavy traffic

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

Bulgaria is heading for a four-day Orthodox Easter weekend from April 6 to 9 2018 that will see rainy and

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Third ‘Master of Art’ documentary film festival opens at five cinemas in Sofia on April 12

April 5, 2018April 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The third Master of Art film festival opens at five cinemas in Bulgarian capital Sofia on April 12 and continues

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Exhibition of work by 46 Bulgarian cartoonists opens at ‘Shipka 6’ Gallery in Sofia

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhbition of work by 46 Bulgarian cartoonists opens on April 5 2018 at 6pm at the Union of Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Roman tomb found in the grounds of Medical University in Plovdiv

April 4, 2018April 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

A Roman tomb dating from the first to the third century has been discovered in the grounds of the Medical

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