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Top tips for renting an apartment in Sofia

February 15, 2016January 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Searching for a new home can be stressful at the best of times, searching for a new home in a

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Bulgaria cancels tenders for Hemus Motorway

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria cancelled on February 15 two tenders to build a 59km stretch of Hemus Motorway, in which the winners were

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Bulgaria’s Varna closes schools from February 16 to 19 amid flu outbreak

February 15, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Health authorities in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna have closed schools from February 16 to 19 2016 inclusive because

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Bulgaria files terrorism charges against three Syrians who tried to cross into Turkey, heading to join ‘Islamic State’

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Turkey

Bulgarian Border Police arrested three Syrians trying to cross illegally into Turkey, allegedly intending to join Daesh, the terrorist self-proclaimed

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Bulgarian citizenship granted to 10 720 people in 2015

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 10 720 people were granted Bulgarian citizenship in 2015, close to double the number in 2014, according

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Refugees ‘spend no more than a few hours in Bulgaria’ before heading to Western Europe

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Refugees entering Bulgaria through the Turkish border spend no more than a few hours in the country, or at most

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Bulgaria monthly, annual CPI flat in January

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) was unchanged both in monthly and annual terms in January 2016, data from the National

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Bulgaria ranks 32nd in the world on access to justice for children

February 15, 2016February 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has been ranked as 32nd in the world on how effectively children can use the courts to defend their rights, according

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Agriculture Minister boasts of Bulgaria’s wine export performance

February 14, 2016February 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 50 million litres of wine of the 130 million produced in Bulgaria in 2015 will go to exports,

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