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Macedonian PM Zaev’s remarks on Ilinden Uprising raise hackles in Bulgaria

August 9, 2018August 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov gave a rebuke on August 9 to his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev, who had said

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Bulgaria 

Clear skies forecast over Bulgaria for 2018 Perseid meteor shower

August 9, 2018August 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The weekend weather forecast for Bulgaria has more sunny weather and little cloud cover, which should offer starwatchers a clear

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Bulgaria 

EU approves 1.5M euro in technical support for Bulgarian judiciary

August 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, judiciary

The European Commission has approved 1.5 million euro in funding for projects focused on reforms in the area of insolvency,

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Bulgaria 

81km of Bulgaria’s new fence at Romanian border against African swine fever completed

August 8, 2018July 24, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency African Swine Fever, Romania

Eighty-one kilometres of a wire fence being erected by Bulgaria at the Romanian border as a measure against African swine

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Sofia to host Second International Congress on World Civilisations and Historic Routes in November

August 8, 2018August 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 8 a draft agreement between the country’s Tourism Ministry and the World Tourism Organization on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Kosovo’s Prizren, embassy in Riyadh

August 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved the opening of a consulate in Prizren in Kosovo, to be headed by an honorary consul,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria hosts multinational ‘Platinum Lion 2018’ military exercise

August 8, 2018August 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven hundred military personnel from eight countries are taking part in the Platinum Lion 2018 military exercise, the largest of

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Bulgaria 

Tens of millions of leva needed to fix roads after Bulgaria’s summer 2018 heavy rains

August 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Tens of millions of leva will be needed to restore road infrastructure after the summer 2018 heavy rains in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Traffic Police launch countrywide operation against speeding

August 7, 2018August 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Traffic Police launched on August 7 a special countrywide operation against speeding. The operation, to continue until August 12

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