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World Bank lends Bulgaria 300M euro to boost deposit guarantees fund

March 22, 2016March 23, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, World Bank

The World Bank has approved a 300 million euro loan to Bulgaria’s state deposit guarantee fund as part of a

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry names team for Bokova’s UN Secretary-General candidacy

March 21, 2016March 22, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Irina Bokova

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced on March 21 2016 the team that will work on the campaign for Irina Bokova to

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Controversial Bulgarian MP pulls out of deal to buy insolvent fertiliser plant

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

Delyan Peevski said on March 21 2016 that he was pulling out of the planned acquisition of an insolvent fertiliser

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria confers highest state honour on visiting Vatican Secretary of State

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

Bulgaria awarded its highest state honour, the Stara Planina first class, to Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin at a ceremony

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Bulgaria Prosecutor-General asks Parliament to lift immunity of socialist MP

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

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has filed a formal request to Parliament, asking for the House to lift the immunity of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors do not believe death of Palestinian Zayed was murder

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

Bulgarian prosecutors investigating the February 26 death of Omar Zayed, a Palestian fugitive who had sought refuge at the Palestinian

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Bulgarian, Romanian defence ministers in talks on boosting co-operation

March 21, 2016March 22, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev and his Romanian counterpart Mihnea Motoc held talks in Bucharest on March 21 2016, with

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Europe migrant crisis: Bulgaria, Macedonia hold joint exercise at border

March 18, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia

Border Police and military personnel from Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia began on March 18 a joint exercise aimed

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Bulgaria has detained 1124 migrants and refugees since the start of 2016 – IOM

March 18, 2016March 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

From the start of 2016 to March 16, Bulgarian authorities apprehended a total of 1124 migrants and refugees entering the

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