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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2020 Budget

October 31, 2019November 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved the 2020 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry at a cabinet meeting on October 31, which

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Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist VMRO endorses Fandukova in Sofia mayoral election run-off

October 31, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The ultra-nationalist VMRO has endorsed GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova in the November 3 second round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s

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BSP, Democratic Bulgaria decline to endorse either candidate in Plovdiv mayoral run-off election

October 31, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv

The Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Democratic Bulgaria coalition in Plovdiv have declined to endorse either candidate in the city’s

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Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2019 was 4.1% – Eurostat

October 31, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2019 was 4.1 per cent, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on October 31, citing

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Police in Bulgaria seize more than 4600 items in bust of illegal antique dealing

October 30, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 4600 items, including antique amphorae, coins, ornaments, ceramics and friezes have been seized in an international operation carried

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In Bulgaria’s Plovdiv: A symposium on communist-era monuments

October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

With English as its working language, a symposium is to be held in Plovdiv – Bulgaria’s second city and current

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Bulgaria 

Latest protest demands Radev not sign decree appointing Geshev Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General

October 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

The latest in a succession of protests against the appointment of Ivan Geshev as Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General saw a large turnout

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Alpha Research poll: GERB’s Sofia mayor Fandukova will defeat Manolova in run-off

October 30, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Incumbent Sofia mayor and GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova will defeat her socialist-backed challenger Maya Manolova in the run-off vote on

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: Russian ‘spy’ given 24 hours to quit the country has left

October 30, 2019November 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Russian diplomat given 24 hours to leave Bulgaria following allegations of espionage has flown to Moscow along with his

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