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Bulgarian professor: Russia wants to divide the Orthodox Christian world

June 23, 2016September 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian professor Kalin Yanakiev says that he is convinced that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church decided against attending the Pan-Orthodox Council

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Bulgarian Tourism Minister backs Sunny Beach checkpoints plan

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister has defended a controversial plan to set up police checkpoints throughout the Black Sea resort of Sunny

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Bulgaria urges Turkey to comply with refugee readmission agreement

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov says his country is urging Turkey to comply with a refugee readmission agreement with the

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Bulgaria’s revenue agency: Every second trader in Sunny Beach lies about turnover

June 22, 2016June 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Pubs, nightclubs, cafes and car parks in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal resort Sunny Beach massively are not reporting their turnovers,

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Poll: Confidence in Bulgarian government drops

June 21, 2016June 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Confidence in the Bulgarian government has dropped by two per cent over the period March to June, while the approval

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Bulgarian PM: ‘Remain’ will win in Brexit vote with 60 to 70%

June 21, 2016June 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov predicted on June 21 that the Remain camp would win in the UK referendum on

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Police checkpoint plan at Bulgaria’s Sunny Beach resort irks hoteliers

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Sparks are flying between hoteliers and police in Bulgaria’s mass-tourism Sunny Beach resort on the Black Sea coast because of

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Resorts on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast face large-scale tax checkups in July

June 20, 2016June 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency says that it will carry out large-scale checkups in resorts along the country’s northern Black Sea

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: No one spoke to me about putting up teachers’ pay

June 20, 2016June 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s Education Minister Meglena Kouneva said on June 19 that teachers’ salaries would go up by 10 per cent in

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