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Bulgaria gets gas grid study funding in latest EU energy infrastructure package

January 19, 2016January 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s state-owned gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz will receive 850 000 euro for a feasibility study as part of the latest

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Bulgaria 

President Plevneliev: Bulgaria is stable amid numerous crises surrounding it

January 19, 2016January 21, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

A record number of crises and the interaction between them are making the world unstable, but Bulgaria’s economy has good

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Bulgarian FM Mitov backs tougher measures against economic migrants arriving in the EU

January 19, 2016January 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov supports tougher measures against economic migrants arriving in the EU, he told reporters after an

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Bulgaria 

Situation in Bulgaria after heavy snowfall normalising, still serious in northern part of country

January 19, 2016January 21, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The situation in Bulgaria after the heavy snowfalls and rain of the past weekend was gradually normalising on January 19,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria continues to grapple with power cuts, travel problems after heavy snowfalls

January 18, 2016January 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The municipality of Dulovo in the Silistra region of north-eastern Bulgaria declared a state of emergency on January 18 because

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors lodge case against Ataka’s Siderov and Chukolov over liquor store incident

January 18, 2016January 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office had lodged in Sofia City Court indictments against Ataka party leader Volen Siderov and Ataka MP

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Bulgaria 

Severe situation in northern Bulgaria because of snow, strong winds

January 18, 2016January 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Strong winds in northern Bulgaria, causing blizzards and snow drifts, hampered traffic in northern Bulgaria on January 18, with many

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Bulgaria 

Head of Bulgaria’s Antarctic expedition evacuated after falling ill

January 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s 24th Antarctic expedition, Professor Hristo Pimpirev, was evacuated from the Bulgarian base after falling ill, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Heavy snow, rain leave more than 450 000 in Bulgaria without electricity, cause road closures

January 17, 2016January 19, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

Snowfall measuring up to a reported 40cm in northern Bulgaria and heavy rainfall cut off electricity to more than 450

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