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Bulgarian Energy Minister Petkova submits resignation over CEZ sale deal

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy

Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on February 23 that she was submitting her resignation from Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling parties: ‘Coalition is stable’

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s governing coalition is stable, the partners in the ruling majority said after talks in the Parliament building on February

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Bulgaria 

Statue to be unveiled on March 1 as part of planned Historic Park near Bulgaria’s Varna

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

A statue, billed as the largest bronze sculpture on the Balkan peninsula, is to be unveiled on March 1 2018

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had lowest minimum wage in EU as at January 2018 – Eurostat

February 23, 2018February 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

In January 2018, Bulgaria had the lowest gross minimum wage, meaning before taxes are deducted, across the EU, of 261

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Initiative ‘fight hate with a flower’ launched in Sofia

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

As part of the campaign under the patronage of Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova “Let’s clean away hatred”, Bulgaria’s National Co-ordinator

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Cyprus to feature in Bulgaria EU Presidency’s ‘Music of Europe’ concert series on March 5

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Cyprus

Works by Cypriot composer Solon Michaelides will be featured on March 5 2018 as part of the “Music of Europe”

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors press charges against former finance minister

February 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 22 that it has pressed charges against former finance minister Stoyan Alexandrov, who is

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Amnesty International slams Bulgaria on treatment of refugees, hate speech, media freedom

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Media, Refugees

Amnesty International has released its international report for 2017/18, in which it slams Bulgaria over its treatment of migrants and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had fourth-highest murder rate in EU in 2015 – Eurostat

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Among EU countries, Bulgaria had the fourth-highest number of intentional homicide victims as a proportion of its population in 2015,

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