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Bulgaria to increase price of road tax stickers to 97 leva a year from 2016

November 11, 2015November 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The price of Bulgarian annual road tax stickers for light vehicles will increase from its current 67 leva to 97

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Lufthansa flights at Sofia Airport cancelled on November 11 because of UFO union strike

November 11, 2015November 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Flights by German airline Lufthansa to and from Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport on November 11 were cancelled because of continuing industrial

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament agrees to arrest of Ataka’s Siderov and Chukolov in national theatre academy case

November 11, 2015November 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on November 11 to agree to the arrest of Ataka’s Volen Siderov and Dessislav Chukolov in

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South African embassy in Sofia to host Tourism Day seminar

November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The South African embassy in Bulgaria is to host a South African Tourism Day seminar on November 12 2015 at

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Ataka’s Siderov and Chukolov formally charged with hooliganism and assault

November 10, 2015November 13, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Ataka party leader Volen Siderov and MP Dessislav Chukolov have been formally charged with hooliganism and assault in connection with

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian security council asks cabinet to act against migration flow, cyber attacks, terrorism risk

November 10, 2015November 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

A five-hour meeting of Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security on November 10 resulted in requests to the Cabinet for

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Bulgaria 

IMF mission praises Bulgaria’s efforts to fix banking ‘weaknesses’

November 10, 2015November 12, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that Bulgaria has made progress in fixing the regulatory framework in the banking system

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Bulgaria 

Ecumenical Patriarch’s visit to Bulgaria ends with question marks over cancelled events

November 10, 2015November 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

A visit by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Bulgaria ended with eyebrows raised as a meeting with Prime Minister Boiko

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Lufthansa strike causes cancellations of flights at Sofia Airport on November 9

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

The strike by Lufthansa employees, called by trade union UFO in a retirement pay dispute with the airline, has resulted

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