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Bulgarian journalists say they self-censor while owners impose political policy – US report

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Media

There are persistent concerns about grave damage to media pluralism in Bulgaria caused by factors including corporate and political pressure,

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Anti-Semitic rhetoric appears regularly on social networks and media forums in Bulgaria – US report

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In Bulgaria, anti-Semitic rhetoric continued to appear regularly on social networking sites and as comments under online media articles, the

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US State Dept criticises Bulgaria on prisons, judiciary, corruption, people-trafficking and violence against minorities

April 21, 2018April 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The most significant human rights issues in Bulgaria in 2017 included harsh conditions in prisons and detention facilities; lack of

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Employment in Bulgaria in 20-64 age bracket had strongest growth in EU in 2017 – Eurostat

April 20, 2018April 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat, macroeconomic indicators

The employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in Bulgaria saw the strongest growth among all EU member states

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2018 Sofia Science Festival programme highlights: From the Antarctic to an astronaut and AI

April 20, 2018May 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Science Festival

These are some of the highlights of the programme of the 2018 Sofia Science Festival, being held at Sofia Tech

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-February was 204.9M euro

April 19, 2018April 18, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2018 stood at 204.9 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria granted protection status to 1530 Syrian asylum-seekers in 2017 – Eurostat

April 19, 2018April 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees, Syria

Ninety per cent of the people granted protection status by Bulgaria in 2017 were from Syria, EU statistics agency Eurostat

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Bulgaria to join eHealth co-operation for data sharing to personalise health care

April 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria was to become on April 19 the 14th country to sign the European Declaration on linking genomic databases across

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Traffic Police: 7584 violations of speed limits during 24-hour operation

April 19, 2018April 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 7584 incidents of breaking of speed limits were detected during a special 24-hour operation in Bulgaria, traffic

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