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Sofia prosecutors: Dismissal of Interior Ministry chief Kostov was lawful, not political

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office said on March 9 that the February dismissal of Georgi Kostov as chief secretary of the

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Bulgaria preparing changes to rules on integration of migrants and refugees

March 8, 2017March 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Because of social tensions, Bulgaria’s caretaker government is preparing changes to the regulations and conditions for the integration of migrant

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has youngest first-time mothers in the European Union – Eurostat

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

On average, Bulgarian women have their first baby at the age of 26, making them the youngest first-time mothers in

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Bulgaria 

General Andrei Botsev takes office as Bulgaria’s latest Defence Chief

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former land forces commander Andrei Botsev took office on March 8 as Defence Chief – the third officer to

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Bulgaria 

Dutch scientific research ship Pelagia to study climate change in Black Sea region

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Dutch scientific research vessel the RV Pelagia will be in Bulgarian waters in March and April 2017, studying climate change

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria opposes ‘two-speed Europe’ model, caretaker government says

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria wants the unity and integrity of the European Union preserved and opposes a model of a multi-speed Europe, the

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Bulgaria to join the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

March 8, 2017November 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet, at a meeting on March 8, approved the country’s accession to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The

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Bulgarian law enforcement busts people-trafficking organised crime group in Sofia

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Sofia

In a joint operation on March 7 by Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security, Interior Ministry and prosecutors, an organised

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Bulgaria, Poland have EU’s second-largest proportion of managers who are women – Eurostat

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Union country with the largest share of women in managerial positions is Latvia, the only EU country where women

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