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Bulgaria deputy regulator chief resigns after insurer bankruptcy

August 21, 2018August 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s top official in charge of regulatory oversight of the insurance sector resigned on August 21, a day after coming

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv’s Tobacco Town fire, two years on: Court in the act

August 21, 2018August 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The year 2016 saw two disasters befall the Tobacco Town warehouses in the historic precinct of Plovdiv that once was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders congratulate country’s Muslims on Eid al-Adha

August 21, 2018August 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Political and spiritual leaders in Bulgaria have issued statements congratulating the country’s Muslim minority on Eid al-Adha, one of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian regulator deputy chief under fire after Cypriot insurer goes bankrupt

August 20, 2018August 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prime minister Boiko Borissv and Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov demanded on August 20 the resignation of Ralitsa Again, deputy

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Bulgaria 

Free no more: Parking at national stadium in Sofia to become paid

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The largest free parking lot in the centre of Bulgarian capital Sofia – located between the Vassil Levski national stadium

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Remnants of ancient fortress found underwater off Bulgaria’s St Thomas Island

August 20, 2018August 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Underwater exploration around St Thomas Island on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast by a team of specialist archaeological divers has

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov pledges support for archaeologists at Mala Tepe site

August 19, 2018August 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv

Visiting the ancient Mala Tepe site in the Plovdiv district, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has pledged support for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev challenges Turkey over compensation for descendants of refugees of 1913

August 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has revived the issue of compensation from Turkey for the descendants of ethnic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Registry Agency chief resigns after Trade Register fiasco

August 17, 2018August 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry said on August 17 that the head of the country’s Registry Agency, Zornitsa Daskalova, has submitted her

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