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Ted Kotcheff’s Bulgarian journey

March 24, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

Tears have fallen from the face of Ted Kotcheff on to the Bulgarian ground from which his roots sprang, in

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Bulgaria 

Clocks change in Bulgaria to summer daylight saving time on March 27 2016

March 24, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Summer daylight saving time starts in Bulgaria on March 27 2016 at 3am, when clocks must be adjusted forward an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry tells citizens to be cautious about travel to Belgium

March 24, 2016March 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 24 told Bulgarian citizens planning a trip to Brussels or Belgium to “carefully consider its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Culture Minister orders Plovdiv tobacco warehouse rebuilt

March 24, 2016March 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s Minister of Culture Vezhdi Rashidov signed an order on March 24 2016 that the 8 Odrin Street building in

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Bulgaria 

US embassy Sofia ‘possible threat’ Facebook post irks Bulgarian PM

March 24, 2016March 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has publicly criticised the United States embassy in Sofia for posting an alert on Facebook

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria signs 300M euro loan agreement with EBRD to boost deposit guarantee fund

March 24, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s state deposit guarantee fund signed a loan agreement for 300 million euro with the European Bank for Reconstruction and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sends humanitarian aid to Tabanovce refugee camp in Macedonia

March 24, 2016March 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia

Bulgaria sent two lorryloads of humanitarian aid on March 24 to refugees and migrants at the Tabanovce transit centre in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government adopts plan on strategy for combating radicalisation and terrorism

March 24, 2016March 25, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Bulgarian government adopted on March 23 its plan for a strategy for combating radicalisation and terrorism, which includes an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary committee on Russian, Turkish interference in politics shuts down

March 23, 2016March 24, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs voted to shut down the ad hoc parliamentary committee set up to examine allegations of interference by Turkey

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