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Saga of unexploded bombs in Plovdiv residential district continues

May 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Residents of Plovdiv’s Trakiya residential district have had a few days of anxiety after a succession of unexploded bombs was

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Bulgaria 

EC President Juncker congratulates Borissov on his return as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister

May 5, 2017May 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission

European Commission President has sent Boiko Borissov a letter congratulating him on his election as Bulgaria’s Prime Minister. GERB leader

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new environment minister in video describing global warming as ‘manipulation’

May 5, 2017May 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s new Environment and Water Minister, Neno Dimov, appeared in a video in 2015 describing global warming as a fraud

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Bulgaria 

Back in power as PM, Bulgaria’s Borissov shrugs off opposition criticism

May 4, 2017May 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, back as head of his country’s government for the third time, has dismissed opposition criticism

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Bulgaria 

Boiko Borissov presents proposed cabinet to President Roumen Radev

May 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

The day on which Boiko Borissov will become Bulgaria’s Prime Minister for a third time began with a brief ceremony

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Video: Bulgaria’s village of Trud – a bio plant, allegations of smell, noise and dead bees

May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria Now Channel in conjunction with https://sofiaglobe.com is hosted by Lance Nelson and in this video, Miro and Nikolai part

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to seek additional assurances in Gazprom anti-trust settlement

May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s would accept Gazprom’s proposals to settle the EU anti-trust investigation into the Russian state-owned gas company’s manipulation of Central

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Business 

Bulgarian regulator clears KBC acquisition of NBG Bulgarian businesses

May 2, 2017May 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled to approve the proposed deal in which Belgian-based KBC Group would

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Business 

British American Tobacco gets regulatory approval to buy Bulgartabac brands, distribution unit

May 2, 2017May 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on May 2 that it has approved British American Tobacco’s (BAT) proposed deal

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