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Bulgarian Parliament revives plan to move

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s unicameral Parliament, the 240-member National Assembly, has allocated close to 20 million leva (about 10.22 million euro) to renovate

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Panels for Bulgarian – Turkish border fence stolen

June 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgarian authorities are investigating the theft of 20 panels intended for the extended Bulgarian – Turkish border fence. Each panel

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Refugees intercepted trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece

June 6, 2016June 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

A group of 70 refugees was stopped while trying to cross into Bulgaria from Greece on June 5, reports said.

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Bulgaria’s GERB party has decided on its presidential candidate – senior MPs

June 5, 2016June 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has decided on its candidate for the presidential elections in autumn 2016,

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Museum of the Rose opens in Bulgaria’s Kazanluk

June 5, 2016June 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A Museum of the Rose, reportedly the only one of its kind in the world, opened in the central Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

S&P, Fitch re-affirm Bulgaria’s credit ratings

June 4, 2016June 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Two of the leading global credit rating agencies have re-affirmed Bulgaria’s sovereign ratings, with Standard&Poor’s maintaining the country’s creditworthiness was

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Bulgaria Transport Ministry invites bids for Sofia Airport concession

June 3, 2016June 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said on June 3 that it has formally opened the tender to pick a concession operator for

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Bulgaria 

In EU capitals, residents of Sofia and Bucharest least happy about noise, air quality

June 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Sofia

Residents of Romania’s capital city Bucharest and Bulgaria’s capital Sofia are least satisfied with the quality of the air and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian minority party BDC parliamentary group implodes

June 3, 2016June 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

One of the parliamentary groups in Bulgaria’s National Assembly, the Bulgarian Democratic Centre, collapsed on June 3 when one of

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