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Bulgarian PM Borissov congratulates Boris Johnson on sweeping UK election victory

December 13, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Boris Johnson on the UK Prime Minister’s decisive victory in the December 12

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Bulgarian ultra-nationalist MEP Dzhambazki caught drink-driving

December 13, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A Bulgarian member of the European Parliament, Angel Dzhambazki – deputy leader of Deputy Prime Minister Krassimir Karakachanov’s ultra-nationalist VMRO

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Exhibition of archaeological discoveries in 2019 opens at Bulgaria’s National History Museum

December 12, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An exhibition of archaeological discoveries from the 2019 season opened at the National History Museum in Sofia on December 12

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Nato Secretary General praises Bulgaria’s contributions to Euro-Atlantic security

December 12, 2019December 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praised Bulgaria’s contributions to collective security in a meeting with Prime Minister Boiko Borissov at

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Bulgarian President’s latest criticism of government again sparks controversy

December 12, 2019December 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has hit back after President Roumen Radev’s latest sharp criticisms of the government, levelled in

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Bulgarian Cabinet seeks to buy new government jet

December 11, 2019December 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet said on December 11 that it has mandated the head of the 28th Air Detachment, in charge of

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Bulgarian Cabinet allocates 483M leva for Hemus Motorway construction

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government decided on December 11 to allocate 483 million leva, or about 247 million euro, to the regional development

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TEDxVitosha2020 and the meaning of success

December 11, 2019December 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

We have heard plenty of definitions for success. What about your own? In the TEDxVitosha community it means celebration. We

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Bulgarian Parliament elects Sotir Tsatsarov as anti-corruption commission head

December 11, 2019December 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing prosecutor-general Sotir Tsatsarov was elected on December 11 as head of the Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation

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