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Communist monuments in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv vandalised

February 3, 2018February 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Communist monuments in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv were vandalised overnight, the day after the country observed the annual day in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna introducing ‘Blue Zone’ paid parking system in May 2018

February 3, 2018February 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Motorists in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna will pay one lev (about 51 euro cents) an hour to park

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments on farmland use

February 2, 2018February 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev vetoed on February 2 a bill meant to modify the rules for changing the status of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ends 2017 with 845.2M leva Budget surplus

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the full year 2017 was 845.2 million leva, or 0.8

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Asylum applications in EU+ countries in 2017 were 43% lower than in 2016 – EASO

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The number of asylum applications in EU+ countries – meaning the 28 member states of the bloc plus Norway and

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Bulgaria 

42 dead in road accidents in Bulgaria in first month of 2018

February 1, 2018February 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 42 people died in road accidents in the first month of 2018 in Bulgaria, the EU country

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB to seek Constitutional Court ruling on Istanbul Convention

January 31, 2018February 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s party GERB, the senior partner in the governing coalition, plans to seek a ruling from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Constitutional Court rules Parliament cannot reject an MP’s resignation

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on January 30 that the National Assembly acted unconstitutionally in rejecting the resignation of MP Delyan

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemics declared, closing schools in Varna, Rousse and four other Bulgarian districts

January 30, 2018January 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Schools have been closed in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna, Rousse on the Danube, and in four other districts

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