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Bulgaria anti-trust regulator approves Tokuda hospital acquisition by Acıbadem

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition has ruled to approve the proposed acquisition of Tokuda hospital in Sofia and City

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Bulgarian village mayor faces organised crime, racketeering charges

May 27, 2016May 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The mayor of the Bulgarian village of Galiche, Tsenko Chokov – arrested in a large-scale police raid along with his

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Bulgarian parliamentary committees approve jet fighter, patrol ship projects

May 27, 2016May 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The Bulgarian Parliament’s committees on defence and on budget and finance have approved projects worth well more than a billion

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prime minister is Brussels’ ‘golden boy’

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Deutsche Welle Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has urged Eastern Europe to show more solidarity in the refugee crisis. What are his

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EC asks Bulgaria to comply with EU rules on agricultural land, public procurement

May 26, 2016May 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on May 26 that it was stepping up the infringement proceedings against Bulgaria over restrictions against

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Plovdiv city councillor wears burqa in protest against lack of ban

May 26, 2016May 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A Plovdiv municipal councillor for the nationalist VMRO party arrived at a May 26 council meeting wearing a burqa in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian drug trafficker handed sentence in Romanian trial

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A Bucharest court sentenced Evelin “Brendo” Banev to 14 years in jail on charges of drug trafficking, Bulgarian media reported

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Bulgarian defence industry exports up 50% year-on-year

May 26, 2016May 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Exports by Bulgaria’s defence industry were 50 per cent higher in 2015 than in 2014, adding up to 649 million

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Torrential rain causes flooding in parts of central Bulgaria

May 26, 2016May 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Heavy rain caused the Stara Reka river in Kazanluk in central Bulgaria to burst its banks on May 25, inundating

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