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Close to half of the teachers in Bulgaria are 50 or older – Eurostat

October 4, 2017October 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Forty-eight per cent of the teachers in Bulgaria are 50 or older, according to statistics released by EU statistics agency

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Bulgaria 

Common ‘Balkan’ Presidency of the EU in 2018

October 4, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Romania, Serbia

Varna, a city strongly connected with Greece, and more specifically the palace of Euxinograd, hosted the 1st Quadrilateral Summit Bulgaria, Greece,

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Shalom Bulgarian Jewish organisation holds talks with Movement for Rights and Freedoms

October 3, 2017October 5, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Mustafa Karadaya

Leaders of the Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria held talks on October 3 with representatives of the Movement

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new Supreme Judicial Council takes office

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The new line-up of Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) took their oaths of office on October 3 in a ceremony

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Bulgarian, Romanian prime ministers open new border checkpoint, sign co-operation memoranda

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Romania, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Romanian counterpart Mihai Tudose attended a ceremony to officially open a new border

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Sofia municipality to terminate road repair contracts with construction companies

October 3, 2017October 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova said on October 3 that she would terminate contracts with two companies which had been chosen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB calls for delay in electing Dossier Commission head after row over nominee

October 2, 2017October 4, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Dossier Commission

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party called on October 2 for a delay in the election of a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-August 2017 Budget surplus at 2.15B leva

October 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first eight months of 2017 was 2.15 billion leva,

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Bulgaria 

MP for Borissov’s GERB party quits politics over Haskovo controversy

October 1, 2017October 3, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov

Delyan Dobrev, an MP for Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party and who was a cabinet minister in Borissov’s

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