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Bulgarian broadcast regulator elects acting head

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Council for Electronic Media (CEM), the statutory regulator of the country’s broadcast media, elected council member Maria Stoyanova as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian hospital professor in serious condition after assault

April 5, 2016April 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The chief of the orthopaedic and traumatology department at Sofia’s St Anna University Hospital, Professor Stefan Stanchev, is in serious

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, Maltese presidents: EU must do more for countries facing migrant wave

April 5, 2016April 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Rossen Plevneliev

The European Union should show more commitment to the problems of the countries through which there are migration flows and

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Campaign to encourage Bulgarians to ride bicycles

April 5, 2016April 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

Bulgarians are being encouraged to take part in cycling tour events in Sofia and Plovdiv on April 10 2016 as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among top 3 in EU in decreasing unemployment

April 4, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria is among European Union countries with the largest decreases in unemployment between February 2015 and February 2016, with joblessness

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government has 30% approval rating – poll

April 4, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Rossen Plevneliev

The Bulgarian government has an approval rating of 30 per cent, down from 31 per cent a year ago, according

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB still strongest party, but sheds support – poll

April 4, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Lyutvi Mestan, Volen Siderov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party remains by far the country’s strongest, but has lost support over the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria begins new joint military exercise with US

April 4, 2016April 5, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato

Joint Bulgarian-United States military exercises were scheduled to begin on April 4 2016 at the Novo Selo training ground near

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Bulgaria 

Renovated Sofia Railway Station to be ready by end of April 2016

April 3, 2016April 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The renovation of Sofia Central Railway Station, it biggest revamp in more than 40 years, is to be completed by

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