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Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019 advertised on buses in Rome

May 20, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Buses in Italy’s capital city Rome are carrying advertising promoting the fact that Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv will be European

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Mladenov: First task at the moment is to prevent a new war in the Middle East

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Nikolai Mladenov

The priority for the international community now is to prevent a new war in the Middle East, UN Special Envoy

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Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna officially opens 2018 summer season

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

The 2018 summer seaside holiday season was officially opened in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna on May 19. Varna

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in Q1 2018 was 179.1M euro

May 19, 2018June 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2018 stood at 179.1 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

EU officials could see 16+1 Summit in Bulgaria in July 2018 as ‘Trojan Horse for China’ – report

May 19, 2018May 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

It is not just Russia that makes Brussels feel sick and have a headache. There is China, too, whose influence

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev to hold talks with Putin in Sochi on May 22

May 18, 2018May 20, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on the second

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria below EU average for defence spending – Eurostat

May 18, 2018May 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria earmarked just more than one per cent of GDP for defence spending in 2016, below the EU average, EU

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At Sofia Summit, Bulgarian PM does hard sell on EU prospects for Western Balkans

May 17, 2018May 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov used a news conference at the close of the EU – Western Balkans summit in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs adopt CEZ committee report amid criticism for ‘useless’ document

May 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted on May 17 the report drafted by the ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the circumstances

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