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Court allows lodging of civil claims for more than 100M leva in Bourgas Airport bombing case

September 20, 2017September 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

Bulgaria’s special court that is to sit in the trial of two accused of involvement in the terrorist bombing of

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Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria holds talks with Bulgarian Socialist Party Sofia

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Shalom Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria’s leadership has held talks with the Bulgarian Socialist Party Sofia, part of

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Saab: Bulgaria restarting fighter jet acquisition will prolong dependence on old system, burden Air Force budget

September 20, 2017September 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato, Roumen Radev

If Bulgaria starts a new international competitive procedure to acquire fighter jets, this will result in further delays in the

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Bulgarian President Radev: ‘Iran’s Hassan Rohani is extremely well-meaning’

September 20, 2017October 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

During his visit to the United Nations in New York City, Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev met with the Iranian President

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Bulgarian parliamentary committee calls for going back to square one on fighter jet acquisition

September 19, 2017September 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Roumen Radev

A day after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov voiced doubt that Gripen was the best choice for a new fighter

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-July 2017 was 431.8M euro

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2017 stood at 431.8 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Vidin Metropolitan Dometian dies

September 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Vidin, Dometian, has died after a long illness, the Holy Synod said on September

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.4% inflation in August

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.4 per cent inflation in August, after monthly figures showed 0.1 per cent inflation,

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemns vandalism of gravestones in Jewish part of Sofia cemetery

September 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on September 15 that it condemned the vandalism of gravestones in the Jewish section of Central

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