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‘Bulgarian taxi drivers cash in on illegal migration’

September 3, 2015September 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Bulgarian taxi drivers have got into the people-trafficking business, charging between 200 and 300 leva (about 102 to 153 euro)

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Bulgaria 

Police detain more than 130 in Sofia in operation against illegal migration

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Sofia

Between 130 and 160 people were detained in Sofia in an operation by police, the State Agency for National Security

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Red Cross rents housing for refugees

September 2, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

The Bulgarian Red Cross is renting housing for refugees, with European funds being used to ensure payment of the monthly

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Bulgaria 

Two more Bulgarians arrested over migrant death lorry in Austria – reports

September 2, 2015September 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

Two more Bulgarians have been arrested in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants whose remains were found in a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, World Bank sign deal on EU structural and investment funds

September 1, 2015September 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank’s vice president for Europe and Central Asia Cyril Muller and Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian archaeology August: From the ‘seal of God’ to a shepherd’s discovery

September 1, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

The month of August customarily sees a range of discoveries by archaeologists in Bulgaria as the excavation season peaks, and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc coalition to register jointly for October 25 municipal elections

September 1, 2015September 2, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria elections 2015

The Reformist Bloc, a coalition of five centre-right Bulgarian political parties, has agreed that the parties will register jointly under

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Budget surplus at 789.4M leva in January-July 2015

August 31, 2015September 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first seven months of 2015 came in at 789.4

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government aircraft carrying PM makes emergency landing at Varna Airport

August 30, 2015September 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

A Bulgarian government Falcon aircraft with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on board made an emergency landing on the evening of

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