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Europol: Huge hit to illegal IPTV distributors in Bulgaria

February 5, 2020February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

EU police co-operation agency Europol supported a massive crackdown on illegal IPTV distributors in an operation carried out by the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria complains about Serbia delay in ex-CCB banker Vassilev’s extradition

February 5, 2020February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has written to the Council of Europe to complain about Serbia’s continued delay to rule on

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US bars Bulgarian Specialized Criminal Court judge over ‘significant corruption’

February 5, 2020February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on February 5 that he was barring Bulgarian Specialized Criminal Court Judge

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Flu epidemic declared in Bulgaria’s Vratsa district

February 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A flu epidemic has been declared in Bulgaria’s Vratsa district, closing schools until February 9, the district administration said. On

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Bulgaria’s road agency warns motorists as temperatures set to plummet

February 4, 2020February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Weather forecasts showed temperatures in Bulgaria set to plummet overnight on February 4, with heavy rain and snow on the

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Bulgaria’s Varna and Plovdiv extend ‘flu vacations’, keeping schools closed

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Varna announced that given the increased number of cases of influenza, it was extending its “flu vacation”,

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Bulgarian PM scorns President’s ‘withdrawal of confidence’ in government

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expressed surprise at the February 4 announcement by President Roumen Radev that he was withdrawing

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Bulgaria’s President Radev: ‘As of today, I am officially withdrawing my confidence in the government’

February 4, 2020February 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

In a live televised address to the nation on February 4, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said that

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In January 2020, Bulgaria had lowest gross minimum wage in EU – Eurostat

February 4, 2020February 6, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

In January 2020, Bulgaria had the lowest gross minimum wage in the European Union, at the equivalent of 312 euro

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