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Bulgarian and Macedonian cabinet ministers meet after good-neighbourliness treaty takes effect

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Roumen Radev

The transport ministers of Bulgaria and Macedonia were scheduled to meet on February 15 to discuss development of road, rail

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Protest against ‘Lukov March’ to be held in Sofia on February 17

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

A protest against the 2018 Lukov March is to be held in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia on February 17 at noon,

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Bulgaria’s co-ordinator against anti-Semitism, GERB party strongly condemn ‘Lukov March’

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s National Co-ordinator against Anti-Semitism Georg Georgiev has issued a strong statement condemning the “Lukov March” planned for February 17

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Third false start in Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank embezzlement trial

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s special criminal court was unable on February 14 to start proceedings in the trial related to the collapse of

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Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q4 2017 – flash estimate

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv holds fourth annual ‘Cafe of Tolerance’ gathering

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Representatives of various religions and ethnicities were set to gather on February 14 2018 at the Dzhumaya mosque in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria hikes pay for MPs, Prime Minister and President

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Cabinet, as well as MPs and other public office-bearers are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria electoral authority to ask MPs to defer introduction of electronic voting

February 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) tabled a report to the country’s National Assembly recommending that MPs postpone the introduction of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria employment agency cracks down on posted worker intermediaries

February 13, 2018February 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s employment agency said on February 13 that it had repealed the licences of 16 firms that acted as intermediaries

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