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Bulgaria’s Dimitrov wins maiden Masters title in Cincinnati

August 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov cemented his credentials as a dark horse contender for the final tennis Grand Slam of the year, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expresses condolences after terrorist attack in Barcelona

August 17, 2017August 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva has expressed her condolences to the victims of the

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Bulgaria 

Sunny Beach raids: Bulgarian PM Borissov defends Simeonov

August 17, 2017August 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has come to the defence of one of his deputy prime ministers, ultra-nationalist leader Valeri

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria well below EU target for spending on official development assistance

August 17, 2017August 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is among the bottom three European Union countries in spending on official development assistance and remains well below the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.9% economic growth in Q2 2017 – flash estimate

August 16, 2017August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.9 per cent growth in the second quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Speed camera records Latvian driver doing 152km/h in 60km/h zone in Bulgaria’s Shoumen

August 16, 2017August 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A BMW with a Latvian registration was recorded travelling at 152km/h in a 60km/h zone in the region of the

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Business 

Bulgarian government awards 27-year concession for Plovdiv intermodal transport terminal

August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

At a regular meeting on August 16, the Bulgarian government awarded a 27-year concession to the Terminali company for the

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Bulgaria 

In Bulgaria, minority religious groups report assaults, Jews complain about hate speech and Lukov March

August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In Bulgaria, minority religious groups, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), while Muslims reported

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Bulgaria 

Protest, threats of court action against Bulgarian deputy PM over Sunny Beach raids

August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Organisers who cancelled a DJ festival at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast because of the series of raids of places of

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