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Bulgarian PM calls Cabinet security council meeting over Syria situation

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syria, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called a meeting of the Cabinet security council for October 15 in connection with

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.3% inflation in September

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.3 per cent inflation in September, down from 2.9 per cent in August,

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Milcho Leviev, Bulgarian jazz great, dead at 81

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

Milcho Leviev, award-winning Bulgarian jazz maestro, died on October 12 at the age of 81. Leviev was born into a

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Man arrested for suspected attempted vote-buying

October 12, 2019October 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019

A 33-year-old man from Lyaskovets in central northern Bulgaria has been arrested for attempted vote-buying, according to media reports two

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Turkey’s Syria offensive: Bulgarian PM to urge Brussels to stop criticism of Ankara

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syria, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 12 that he would urge European Union leaders to stop their “incessant

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Pope Francis elevates Bulgaria’s Sofia exarchate to an eparchy – Vatican

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Roman Catholic church, Pope Francis, has elevated the status of the exarchate of Sofia to an

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Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court refers case of Siderov vs BNT back to election commission

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

The Supreme Administrative Court has referred back to the Central Election Commission the commission’s refusal to oblige public broadcaster Bulgarian

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Bulgarian PM: No increased migration pressure because of situation in Syria

October 11, 2019October 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syria

There is no increase in migration pressure on Bulgaria because of the situation in Syria, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Notes from week two

October 11, 2019October 13, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas, Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv, Rousse, Sofia, Varna

Campaigning ahead of Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 mayoral and municipal elections is at its midway point, with two more weeks to

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