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Dead dolphins case: Bulgaria moves to restrict fishing

July 21, 2016July 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria is expected next week to ban fishing in areas with populations of dolphins, it emerged after a meeting called

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Bulgarian PM calls meeting on dead dolphins at Black Sea coast

July 21, 2016July 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called a special meeting of Cabinet ministers and representatives of conservation organisations to try

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General: Not true to say there is no radical Islam in Bulgaria

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Radical Islam is not the only source of terrorism and it is incorrect to equate Islam and radical Islam, according

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Foreign Ministry urges Bulgarians not to travel to Turkey

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

The situation in Turkey remains unstable, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on July 20, urging the country’s citizens not to travel

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Bulgaria 

More than 90 dead dolphins on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast this summer

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A total of 91 dead dolphins have been found on beaches on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast so far in summer

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling party: Parliamentary declaration on Turkey not a good idea

July 20, 2016July 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The head of the Bulgarian Parliament’s committee on foreign affairs has spoken out against an opposition party’s call for an

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Bulgaria 

160 held in police operation in Sofia against illegal migration

July 19, 2016July 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Sofia

Bulgarian police detained about 160 people in an operation in capital city Sofia against illegal migration on July 18 and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police intercept 45 trying to cross border into Serbia

July 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Serbia, Turkey

Bulgarian Border Police detained 45 foreigners attempting to illegally cross the Bulgarian – Serbian border in the past day, the

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Bulgaria 

Turkish ambassador: Supporters of Gulen have schools in Bulgaria

July 19, 2016July 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The organisation founded by Fethullah Gulen, the Muslim cleric and opponent of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has schools at

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