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GERB parliamentary leader Tsvetanov: Bulgaria’s government ‘is stable’

July 26, 2018July 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s coalition government is stable, according to Tsvetan Tsvetanov, parliamentary leader of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, commenting on

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Bulgaria to invite seven countries to bid to supply fighter jets

July 25, 2018July 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has made public a draft Request for Proposals document that envisages inviting seven countries to supply

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Day of drama as tensions in Bulgaria government minority partner reach Cabinet

July 25, 2018July 29, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

The regular weekly meeting of Bulgaria’s Cabinet on July 25 had an irregular element – the presence of Volen Siderov,

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Bulgarian archaeologists map out large 3rd century Roman tomb near Plovdiv

July 25, 2018July 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists have finished mapping out the extent of a large Roman tomb near the city of Plovdiv and were

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Bulgaria 

#artofdanube: Kilometre-long portrait of Danube to visit two places in Bulgaria

July 25, 2018July 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Vidin

A kilometre-long painting of the Danube, the world’s longest, is on tour through 13 cities along the river in summer

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research poll: Six out of 10 Bulgarians do not foresee early elections

July 25, 2018July 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Just 37.1 per cent of Bulgarians polled by Alpha Research said that they expected the current political situation to lead

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Bulgaria warns Greece and Turkey of dangerous increased river levels

July 24, 2018July 25, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said on July 24 that it had warned the authorities in Greece and Turkey of an

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One dead in floods in Bulgaria’s Teteven

July 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A man has died in the flood-stricken area of Teteven in north central Bulgaria after attempting to get across the

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes Privatisation Act amendments

July 24, 2018July 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has vetoed the Privatisation Act amendments passed by Parliament last week, on the grounds that the

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