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Plovdiv cancels construction permit for Tobacco Town warehouse site

September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Building Control Directorate in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv has cancelled a construction permit issued for the 8 Odrin Street

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Ministry warns of possible problems at border checkpoints because of IT glitch

September 2, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The IT systems serving border checkpoints and traffic police have a “technical problem” which could lead to problems in the

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Bulgaria 

Four US F-15s arrive to assist in guarding Bulgarian air space

September 2, 2016September 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Four United States F-15 tactical fighter aircraft arrived on September 1 at Bulgaria’s Graf Ignatievo air base, about 10km from

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Bulgaria 

Child refugees struggle alone in Bulgaria

September 2, 2016September 4, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

One of the more disturbing effects of the refugee crisis is the increasing number of unaccompanied minors. As Emanuela Barbiroglio

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc leaders propose Traicho Traikov as presidential candidate

September 1, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

The leaders’ council of the centre-right coalition Reformist Bloc has proposed naming Traicho Traikov, formerly a minister in Boiko Borissov’s

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev: Growing number of politicians want to take Bulgaria off Euro-Atlantic course

September 1, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

A growing number of politicians in Bulgaria want to divert the country from its Euro-Atlantic course of development, President Rossen

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Bulgaria 

Borissov says will he will be presidential candidate in 2021 – but not 2016

September 1, 2016September 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2016

Bulgarian Prime Minister and centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov says that he will stand as a candidate in presidential

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-July 2016 Budget surplus at 3.28B leva, beats forecasts

August 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on August 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the seven months of 2016 was 3.28

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Bulgaria 

Borissov takes control of Bulgaria’s EU presidency from Kouneva

August 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is taking personal control of co-ordination of the preparation and implementation of Bulgaria’s presidency of

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