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Bulgarian PM congratulates Mitsotakis on landslide victory in Greece’s elections

July 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov telephoned the leader of Greece’s centre-right New Democracy party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to congratulate him on

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Bulgarian prosecutors charge two Military Intelligence generals over breaches of classified information rules

July 8, 2019July 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Military District Prosecutor’s Office – Sofia has been conducting pre-trial proceedings in connection with offences by senior officers at

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Bulgarian PM Borissov on Dačić spat: Serbia should come to an understanding with Kosovo

July 7, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has responded to the criticism of him by Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić – over

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Borissov positions his party for Bulgaria’s autumn 2019 municipal elections

July 7, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

At a national meeting of his centre-right GERB party on July 7, leader and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov sought to

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Bulgaria summons Serbian ambassador after Dačić slams Bulgarian PM over Kosovo

July 6, 2019July 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on July 6 that the Serbian ambassador was being summoned to a meeting at the ministry

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Drop in tourist numbers expected at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in 2019 – Tourism Minister

July 5, 2019July 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts are expected to record lower visitor numbers in the 2019 summer season, which current estimates put

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Bulgarian imprisoned, fined for attempted vote-buying in European Parliament elections

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Court in the Bulgarian town of Haskovo approved on July 5 a plea bargain between prosecutors and a

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Israeli embassy in Sofia condemns acts of violation against mosque, Chief Mufti’s office

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The embassy of Israel in Sofia strongly condemns the acts of violation and sacrilege of the Kurshun Mosque in Karlovo, which

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Broadcast regulator elects Koshlukov as director-general of Bulgarian National Television

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Broadcast media regulator the Council for Electronic Media elected on July 5 Emil Koshlukov as the director-general of public broadcaster

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