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‘Code orange’ dangerous weather alert in north-western Bulgaria over rain

May 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code orange” dangerous weather warning was issued for May 12 in three regions in north-western Bulgaria – Vidin, Vratsa

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria faces early election poser

May 11, 2016May 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

With a Bulgarian minority party set to formally withdraw its support from the Cabinet, and already having withdrawn its representatives

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Bulgaria 

The Rosetta Mission: Learning lessons from a comet

May 10, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

Just a day before Dr Matt Taylor, European Space Agency chief scientist on the Rosetta mission, speaks at the 2016

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Bulgaria 

Richard III: The King’s tale at the Sofia Science Festival

May 10, 2016May 16, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

Between Shakespeare and science, what more is there to say about King Richard III? Quite a lot, actually, especially by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Deputy PM Kalfin resigns, Purvanov’s party poised to quit coalition

May 10, 2016May 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov accepted the resignation of Ivailo Kalfin as Deputy Prime Minister on May 10. Kalfin resigned

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Bulgarian minority party ABC to vote on leaving coalition government

May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The national council of minority socialist party ABC said on May 10 2016 that it was recommending that the party

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Bulgaria 

Honorary consuls in Bulgaria challenge loss of diplomatic privileges in court

May 10, 2016May 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Nine honorary consuls have filed a complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) challenging the regulatory changes that stripped them

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria foreign trade gap shrinks in Q1 2016

May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s foreign trade gap in the first quarter of this year stood at 892.8 million leva, or 456.5 million euro, shrinking from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian consumer confidence improves in April – poll

May 10, 2016May 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s consumer confidence indicator was 1.8 percentage points higher in April than in January, National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on

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