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Bulgarian Cabinet cancels identification documents tender

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government decided on February 17 to cancel a tender, called last month and estimated to be worth 484 million

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Proposal for Bulgarian Parliament to probe claims of Russian and Turkish interference in domestic politics

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan, Russia, Turkey

MPs from several political parties have signed a petition by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) calling for the

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Bulgaria 

US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria Rubin outlines priorities in video greeting

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

US ambassador-designate in Sofia, Eric Rubin, outlined his priorities in office in a video posted by the US embassy in

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in 2015 was 1.58B euro

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2015 stood at 1.58 billion euro, the equivalent of 3.5 per cent of the

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Thousands say final farewell to Bulgarian football great Trifon Ivanov

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Several thousand mourners attended the memorial service on February 17 2016 for Trifon Ivanov, the Bulgarian football great who was

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Bulgaria 

Brakes on Bulgarian MP’s car tampered with

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Police in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are investigating after Reformist Bloc MP Martin Dimitrov said that the brakes in his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government faces no-confidence vote over health care

February 17, 2016February 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly debated on February 17 2016 a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right coalition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian lorry drivers continue border counter-blockade against protesting Greek farmers

February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgarian freight carriers blocked traffic at the Kapitan Petkov Voivoda checkpoint at the Bulgarian-Greek border on February 17 in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian lorry drivers mount counter-blockade, vow to block all Bulgarian-Greek crossings

February 16, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgarian lorry drivers formed a human chain to block the Kulata – Promachonas crossing at the Greek-Bulgarian border on February

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