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Bulgaria’s Georgieva: ‘Honoured to be nominated to head IMF’

August 3, 2019August 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva said that it was an honour to be nominated to be the next managing director of the

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Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns travellers over Heathrow Airport strike

August 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued an advisory on August 3 calling on travellers to monitor online information about flights connecting Sofia

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Man dies, woman seriously injured as violent storms sweep Sofia, Plovdiv

August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

A man died and a woman is in critical condition after violent storms swept Bulgaria’s cities of Sofia and Plovdiv

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EU finance chiefs nominate Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva to head IMF

August 2, 2019August 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva, chief executive of the World Bank, narrowly beat the Netherlands’ Jeroen Dijsselbloem – a former head of

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Bulgarian PM speaks on African Swine Fever outbreaks as protests spread

August 2, 2019August 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever, Boiko Borissov

After days of silence on the topic, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov spoke on the African Swine Fever crisis facing

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ASF: Bulgaria’s pig industry calls for national emergency to be declared

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Representatives of Bulgaria’s industrial pig companies called on August 2 for the declaration of a countrywide state of emergency because

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Sofia metro line 3 opening delayed to February 2020 due to train testing

August 2, 2019August 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The opening of the third line of the Sofia metro underground rapid transit system has been pushed back from October

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Bulgaria commissions new laboratory buildings at Antarctic base

August 2, 2019August 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

New laboratories are to be built at Bulgaria’s St Kliment Ohridski Antarctic base, following the award of a commission to

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ASF: Two protests in Bulgaria against compulsory culling of pigs

August 2, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Two protests are scheduled in Bulgaria for August 2 against an order for the compulsory culling of “back yard” pigs

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