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World AIDS Day: Bulgaria reports 204 new HIV infections in 2015

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 204 Bulgarians had been found to have HIV after a total of 258 000 people were tested

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Bulgaria 

Annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas 2015 launched, to aid seriously ill children

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

The traditional annual charity campaign Bulgarian Christmas (Българската Коледа), to raise funds to provide treatment and equipment to care for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Fighting climate change is moral obligation and has a sound economic case

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

Fighting climate change is not only a moral obligation but also presents a sound economic case across the world, Bulgarian

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Q and A with American College of Sofia President Dr Richard Ewing

November 30, 2015May 10, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

What, and who, has most influenced your educational philosophy? The primary influence on my educational philosophy was the founder of

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Bulgaria 

Sofia court holds first hearing in trial of former MRF deputy leader Hristo Biserov

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court held on November 30 the first hearing in the trial against former MP Hristo Biserov, who stands

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament asked to lift Ataka’s Siderov immunity for older incidents

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has asked Parliament to give its permission to investigate Ataka party leader Volen Siderov for two

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Bulgaria 

Migrant flow into Bulgaria ‘practically stopped’ – Interior Minister

November 27, 2015December 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, Syrian refugees

The migration flow into Bulgaria has practically stopped in recent weeks, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said during Question Time in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament ratifies deal with Poland on repair of MiG-29 fighter jets

November 27, 2015December 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Russia

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 27 to approve an agreement with Poland for that country to repair and maintain

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Two Plovdiv taxi company bosses arrested over tax evasion

November 27, 2015December 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Two managers of taxi companies in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv were taken into 72-hour custody after an investigation by the

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