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Salisbury attack: Bulgaria will not expel Russian diplomats, PM says after Cabinet security council meeting

March 30, 2018April 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Bulgaria will not expel Russian diplomats from the country, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on March 30 after a special

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Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission posts Julia Kristeva files online

March 30, 2018April 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

For the first time since its inception in 2006, Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission has posted online the files of a person

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‘Antistatic’ International Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance begins in Sofia on April 20

March 30, 2018April 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The 11th International Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance Antistatic will take place in Sofia from April 20 to 30

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Salisbury attack: Bulgarian Cabinet security council to meet ambassador to Russia on Skripal case on March 30

March 29, 2018March 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called a special meeting of the Cabinet security council for March 30, to conduct

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Bulgaria 

Julia Kristeva says not true that she was an agent for Bulgaria’s communist-era State Security

March 29, 2018April 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Bulgarian philospher, psychoanalyst, linguist and author Julia Kristeva, who lived in France from the mid-1960s, has rejected as untrue the

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research March 2018 poll: Borissov’s GERB 23.1%, Bulgarian Socialist Party 20.5%

March 29, 2018April 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

One year after Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, the picture of support for major political parties was largely unchanged,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge deputy minister with fraud

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on March 29 that it has filed a lawsuit in which Deputy Transport Minister Angel Popov

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European Parliament: EU must help safeguard media independence

March 29, 2018April 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Media

EU member states should “create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists,” a

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About two-thirds of Bulgarians describe their health as ‘very good or good’ – Eurostat

March 29, 2018March 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

About 65.8 per cent of Bulgarians described their health as “very good or good”, a percentage a little below the

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