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Bulgarian PM: EU’s biggest challenges are Brexit and two-speed Europe

November 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit, Schengen

The biggest challenges facing the European Union are Brexit and a two-speed Europe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at

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Whitesnake to headline Hills of Rock 2019 festival in Plovdiv

November 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Whitesnake is to headline the 2019 Hills of Rock festival in Plovdiv, the organisers said on November 8. The performance

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to invite bids to supply new infantry vehicle by end of November 2018

November 8, 2018November 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Calls for proposals to supply the Bulgarian army with a new infantry combat vehicle will be sent out by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist party seeks firm to clean eggs off its building

November 7, 2018November 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria party is seeking a firm to clean off

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Bulgarian Parliament approves 2019 Budget Act at first reading

November 7, 2018November 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly passed the 2019 Budget Act at first reading on November 7, with 115 MPs in favour and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB backs Weber to be EPP Spitzenkandidat in European Parliament 2019 elections

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party backs German Manfred Weber to be the next head of the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria targets late-2019 to pick strategic investor for Belene nuclear plant

November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Government approved on November 7 a draft framework for the selection process of a strategic investor for the Belene

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prosecutors decline to intervene in Sofia Airport concession tender

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on November 7 that it did not have any legal ground to appeal in court the

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Bulgaria 

Bells in Bulgarian churches to toll on November 11 to mark centenary of end of First World War

November 7, 2018November 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

At the invitation of the UK, Bulgaria will take part in an international initiative to mark the centenary of the

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