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Bulgarian President Radev decrees March 26 2017 date for early parliamentary elections, names Gerdzhikov caretaker PM

January 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has signed a decree that the country will hold early parliamentary elections on

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Bulgarian President Radev to name former Speaker Gerdzhikov as caretaker PM – reports

January 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev was tipped to name Ognyan Gerdzhikov, a 70-year-old former Speaker of Parliament and law professor, to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria saw highest increase in tourism nights among EU countries in 2016 – Eurostat

January 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria had the highest increase among all European Union countries in the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in

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Plovdiv appeal court overturns suspension of mayor Ivan Totev

January 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Court of Appeal in Bulgaria’s second-largest city Plovdiv ruled on January 24 to overturn the suspension from office of

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Energy regulator: Bulgaria not at risk of power cuts

January 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

The head of Bulgaria’s energy regulator, Ivan Ivanov, has dismissed speculation that the country is at risk of power cuts.

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Bulgarian appointed acting head of EU statistics agency Eurostat

January 24, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The former head of Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute, Mariana Kotzeva, has become the acting director-general of EU statistics agency Eurostat,

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Bulgaria extends deadline for Sofia Airport concession bids to May

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet has decided to extend the deadline for bids in the tender to pick a concession operator for

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Long queues of lorries at Danube bridge crossings between Bulgaria and Romania as ferries stopped by ice

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

Lorries formed queues of 14km at the Danube Bridge 2 at the Bulgarian city of Vidin and of 13km at

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Bulgaria 

Europol: Nearly 250 arrests in Operation Bosphorus against smuggling of Turkish pistols via Bulgaria

January 23, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Nearly 250 arrests and 556 gas and alarm pistols seized are a few of the final results of Operation Bosphorus,

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