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Bulgarian Interior Minister calls on ‘high fuel price’ protesters to abide by the law

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Interior Minister Mladen Marinov has called on those involved in protests mobilised over high fuel prices and demanding the resignation

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Bulgaria’s road agency urges motorists to fit winter tyres as downturn in weather approaches

November 13, 2018November 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is facing a true beginning of winter in mid-November, with forecasts of sharply dropping temperatures and the possibility of

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Bulgaria moves to solve huge staff shortfall in tourism industry

November 13, 2018November 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria is heading into its winter 2018/19 tourism season yet again facing a serious shortfall of staff for the hospitality

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‘Fuel price’ protests continue to block roads in Bulgaria

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Protests involving disruption of traffic in Bulgaria, mobilised around high fuel prices and seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgarian President sides with fuel price protests, calls government ‘arrogant and cynical’

November 12, 2018November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, a continuous critic of the government, has effectively sided with protests over high fuel prices, and

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Tsvetanov on fuel price protests: Government does not decide the price

November 12, 2018November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The parliamentary leader of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, has responded to protests about the fuel

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Road blockades by Bulgarian motorists protesting against high petrol prices annoy Bulgarian motorists

November 11, 2018November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Tensions ran high on Bulgaria’s motorways and boulevards of major cities on November 11 as protests against fuel prices, a

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Protests against high fuel prices in Bulgaria block motorways, city thoroughfares

November 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Motorised protests in Bulgaria on November 11, demanding government action against high fuel prices, caused traffic disruptions on major motorways

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Centenary of Armistice marked in Bulgarian capital on Remembrance Sunday 2018

November 11, 2018March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The centenary of the Armistice at the close of the First World War was marked in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia at

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