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Bulgarian Cabinet allocates 1.35B leva for Hemus Motorway construction

December 12, 2018December 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government decided to allocate 1.35 billion leva, or about 690 million euro, for the construction of a 134.2km stretch

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church supports organ transplants – under certain conditions

December 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has issued its position on organ transplants, a day after Health Minister

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Bulgaria approves 113M leva additional spending on overhauling military aircraft, upgrading equipment

December 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on December 12 the spending of further additional spending, of more than 113 million leva by the

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EU announces 71M euro aid to improve emergency care services in Bulgaria

December 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventy-one million euro from Cohesion Policy funds will finance better equipped, more efficient and more accessible emergency healthcare services in

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry opens hotline after Strasbourg terrorist attack

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced on December 12 that it had opened a hotline to assist the country’s citizens in France

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Bulgarian government nominates new Interior Ministry chief

December 12, 2018December 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s coalition government nominated Senior Commissioner Ivailo Ivanov, head of the Sofia directorate of the Interior

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Bulgaria issues commemorative stamp marking centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth

December 12, 2018December 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

At a ceremony on December 12, a stamp issued by Bulgaria to mark the centenary of the birth of anti-apartheid

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Israeli mentalist Lior Suchard set for two shows in Sofia

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

Lior Suchard, considered to be the best mentalist in the world comes to Sofia for two unforgettable shows, the embassy

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.1% inflation in November

December 12, 2018December 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.1 per cent inflation in November, down by 0.6 percentage points compared to

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