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Tsvetanov and Ramadani: Euro-Atlantic values bring countries closer in the Western Balkans

October 4, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Euro-Atlantic values are the element that brings countries in the region closer and facilitate the process of bringing down “Balkan

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Close to half of teachers in Bulgaria are 50 or older – Eurostat

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 48 per cent of teachers in Bulgaria are 50 or older, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said, in figures

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Landmark ruling by European court: Holocaust denial is not protected by the European Convention on Human Rights

October 3, 2019October 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Human Rights has held in a unanimous decision announced on October 3 that denial of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister expects to sign contract for armoured vehicles in spring 2020

October 3, 2019October 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Deals for Bulgaria’s armed forces to acquire 150 armoured infantry vehicles and two naval patrol vessels are unlikely to be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s NRIC signs 185M leva contract for new signalling system on Plovdiv – Bourgas railway

October 3, 2019October 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) signed on October 3 a contract worth close to 185 million leva (about 94.5

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria issues weather warnings over heavy rain forecast for October 4

October 3, 2019October 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the “Code Orange” warning of hazardous weather for eight districts because of heavy rain forecast for

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Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus in joint statement on migration situation in eastern Mediterranean

October 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria, Greece and Cyprus will make a joint statement on the importance of the migration situation in the eastern Mediterranean

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Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission: Siderov violated rules on TV talk show

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Volen Siderov

Volen Siderov, leader of the ultra-nationalist Ataka party and a Sofia mayoral candidate, violated election law by his behaviour on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s latest court ruling in Jock Palfreeman saga

October 2, 2019October 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Court has declined to hear an application against a ban on Australian murder convict Jock Palfreeman leaving

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