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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines MP Mareshki’s Pharmnet 495 000 leva

June 28, 2017June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on June 28 that it has fined Pharmnet, which owns a number

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Belfast

June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved, at a regular meeting on June 28, the opening of an honorary consulate in Belfast. The opening

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria condemns attack on Muslim leader’s family in Sofia

June 28, 2017July 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgarian Jewish organisations, in a statement on June 28, condemned the previous day’s assault on the wife and two daughters

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Bulgarian Regional Development Minister orders check of 10 per cent of buildings with new cladding, including for fire safety

June 27, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Regional Development Minister has ordered the National Construction Control Directorate to carry out an inspection of residential buildings on

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Two daughters of Bulgaria’s Deputy Chief Mufti assaulted in Sofia street

June 27, 2017June 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Unidentified assailants attacked two daughters of one of the Deputy Chief Muftis of Bulgaria, one of the spiritual leaders of

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Every fourth Bulgarian sees fake news in the media every day – poll

June 27, 2017June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Every fourth Bulgarian (25 per cent) sees false news in the media on a daily basis, every sixth (17 per

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Bulgaria 

British ambassador: Working on visit by Theresa May to Sofia for talks with Borissov

June 27, 2017June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Work is being done on a possible visit to Sofia by British prime minister Theresa May for talks with her

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Bulgarian deputy PM continues crusade against state of Sunny Beach summer holiday resort

June 26, 2017June 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Having announced that he wants to legislate against organised pub crawls – though it remains unclear how such a law

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Borissov’s GERB has 25.7% per cent support, the Bulgarian Socialist Party 19.6% – poll

June 26, 2017June 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

A few months after Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has 25.7 per

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