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French president Macron to visit Bulgaria in August – PM Borissov

June 6, 2017June 7, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

French president Emmanuel Macron will visit Bulgaria in August 2017, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said after talks with Macron in

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Bulgarian President Radev initiates series of meetings with leaders of judiciary to discuss judicial reform

June 5, 2017June 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev began on June 5 a series of hitherto-unannounced meetings with senior figures in

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Special Court in Sofia jails Australian-Bulgarian man for preparing to commit terrorism

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Special Criminal Court in Bulgarian capital Sofia has sentenced John “Ivan” Zahariev (21), an Australian and Bulgarian dual citizen,

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Bulgarian among the injured in June 3 terrorist attack in London – Foreign Ministry

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian citizen was among the dozens injured in the June 3 terrorist attack in London, the Foreign Ministry in

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: EU should create its own collective defence

June 5, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Nato

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 5 that the way to save money and still have a reliable

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Bulgarian Interior Minister: There was information last week on a terrorist threat

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

There was information last week on a terrorist threat, but it was assessed as of low probability and the threat

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Russian Air Force aircraft on observation mission in Bulgarian air space under ‘Open Skies’ agreement

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

A Russian Air Force AN-30 aircraft will carry out aerial surveillance flights in Bulgarian air space from June 5 to

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The Sofia Globe turns five years old

June 4, 2017January 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

It was some time at about 8am on June 4 2012 that what was then Bulgaria’s newest English-language news and

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Bulgarian former interior ministry chief is now national co-ordinator of Volen Siderov’s Ataka party

June 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Svetlozar Lazarov, who was chief secretary of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry from June 2013 to March 2015, is now the national

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