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Twenty-seven people in Bulgaria’s Rila area infected with brucellosis

August 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A further five people in the town of Rila in Bulgaria had been found to be infected with brucellosis, bringing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry in new agreement on blocking internet sites depicting child sexual abuse

August 11, 2015August 18, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry said on August 11 that it had signed an agreement with another company on filtering out internet

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Bulgaria 

EC grants Bulgaria 73M euro for border security, managing migration

August 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

The European Commission has granted Bulgaria nearly 73 million euro for the security of the country’s borders and strengthening of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria foreign trade gap shrinks in H1 2015

August 10, 2015August 12, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first half of this year continued its downward trend seen in the previous months,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President formally sets local elections, referendum on October 25

August 10, 2015September 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2015, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev has signed the decrees that set the date for the first round of local elections on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria denies reports about search for two foreigners linked to ‘Islamic State’ in Bulgaria

August 9, 2015August 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, in an August 9 statement, rejected reports about security services in Bulgaria seeking two people, a French

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian church Plovdiv Metropolitan in new controversy over political statements

August 9, 2015August 18, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Plovdiv

Metropolitan Nikolai, the head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s largest diocese, Plovdiv, has generated new controversy with statements attacking national

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President’s son dies

August 8, 2015August 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The eldest son of Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has died, the President’s press office said on August

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former intelligence chief handed 10-year sentence for embezzlement

August 7, 2015August 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia Military Court sentenced the former head of the National Intelligence Service, General Kircho Kirov, to 10 years in jail

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