Bulgarian prosecutors indict deputy foreign minister over telephone exchanges at foreign missions
Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Hristo Angelichin faces criminal charges in connection with the purchase of telephone exchanges for 12 of
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
Bulgaria announces security measures for presidential inauguration, including asking media not to use drones
Media covering the January 22 2017 inauguration of Roumen Radev as Bulgaria’s fifth president have been asked not to use
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Chief Architect of Plovdiv, charged in ‘Tobacco Town’ demolition case, dies of cancer
Plovdiv former Chief Architect Roumen Roussev, who faced criminal charges in connection with the March 2016 illegal attempt to demolish
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Bulgarian prosecutors probe Foreign Ministry officials for abuse of office, mismanagement
The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office is investigating senior officials of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with alleged abuse
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Hefty snowfalls in northern Greece cause problems at Bulgarian border
Substantial snowfalls in parts of northern Greece on January 19 caused problems at the border with Bulgaria, with some checkpoints
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Heavy snowfalls on January 19 block several roads, cause train cancellation in Bulgaria
Heavy snowfalls on January 19 caused problems on several roads in Bulgaria, while similarly heavy snow in Bulgaria’s southern neighbour
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Bulgaria’s Dimitrov overcomes poor start to advance at Australian Open
Grigor Dimitrov advanced to the third round of the Australian Open on January 19, defeating South Korea’s Hyeon Chung in
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Bulgarian transport carriers threaten counter-blockade if protesting Greeks shut border
The Bulgarian Association of International Carriers said on January 18 that it would mount a counter-blockade if protesting Greek farmers
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Bulgaria’s new Chief of Defence takes office
Vice-Admiral Emil Evtimov is Bulgaria’s acting Chief of Defence, succeeding General Konstantin Popov who stepped down because his former subordinate
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