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Report on Bulgarian armed forces: Personnel shortages, insufficient resources, obsolete equipment

August 30, 2017August 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on August 30 the annual report on the state of the armed forces, which says that the

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Dream of Europe turns deadly at Bulgaria’s border

August 29, 2017August 30, 2017 Deutsche Welle

The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa’s

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Bulgaria builds nuclear waste depository in Kozloduy

August 29, 2017December 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria started building a nuclear waste depot on August 29 2017. The facility will be in a three km zone

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Archaeology: Large ancient gold necklace found at Bulgaria’s Heraclea Sintica site

August 29, 2017September 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

A team of archaeologists working at the Heraclea Sintica site near Petrich in Bulgaria have found a large, extremely well-preserved,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria joint third-lowest in European Union in spending on education – Eurostat

August 28, 2017August 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is third-lowest among European Union member countries, jointly with Italy, in the ratio to GDP of government spending on

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Forests in Bulgaria’s Kresna Gorge will need 50 years to recover from August 2017 inferno

August 27, 2017August 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The fire that has caused widespread devastation of woodland in the Kresna Gorge in southern Bulgaria entered its fourth day

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French president Macron backs Bulgaria’s Schengen, euro zone bids

August 25, 2017October 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, euro zone, Roumen Radev, Schengen

Emmanuel Macron’s tour of Eastern Europe reached Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast on August 25, where, in meetings with President Roumen

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Archaeology: 2nd century CE drinking water collection tank found at Bulgaria’s Perperikon

August 25, 2017August 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists at Bulgaria’s ancient sacred site Perperikon have found a drinking water collection tank dating from the second century CE,

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Archaeology: Ancient tavern, shops found under Sofia’s Sveta Nedelya Square

August 25, 2017January 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

An archaeological team working at the site of Bulgarian capital Sofia’s Sveta Nedelya Square said that they had found a

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