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Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from Stanishev calling Borissov ‘a statesman’

July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Sergei Stanishev

The executive bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party distances itself from the comment by Party of European Socialists leader Sergei

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Interior Ministry takes steps to ease traffic at Bulgaria-Greece Kulata checkpoint

July 5, 2019July 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, tourism

Five lanes will opened to ease the passage of cars from Bulgaria to Greece at the Kulata border checkpoint this

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Bulgaria 

Stones thrown at Muslim HQ in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

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

Stones were thrown at the Sofia headquarters of the Office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslims, breaking

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Bulgaria 

Mosque in Bulgaria’s Karlovo defaced with Nazi symbols, vulgar language

July 4, 2019July 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Office of the Chief Mufti, spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Muslim minority, has reacted with indignation to the defacing of

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Bulgaria’s Parliament gives final approval to cutting state subsidies for political parties

July 4, 2019July 7, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on July 4 the second reading of amendments to the 2019 Budget Act that cut the

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More than 84% of recent graduates in Bulgaria have jobs – Eurostat

July 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The employment rate for recent tertiary graduates in Bulgaria in 2018 was 84.5 per cent, European Union statistics agency Eurostat

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In Bulgaria’s Nedelino, a plaque unveiled to commemorate forced labour by Jews during the Holocaust

July 3, 2019October 30, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Amid the rolling lush green hills of Bulgaria’s Rhodope mountains and the soaring majesty of the pines that cluster closely

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EU leaders suggest Bulgaria’s Stanishev, Germany’s Weber as successive EP presidents – reports

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, European Parliament, Sergei Stanishev

European Union leaders are informally suggesting that Party of European Socialists leader and Bulgarian MEP Sergei Stanishev be elected for

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Bulgarian PM among EU leaders in talks amid grappling over top jobs

July 2, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov was among EU leaders caught up in complex negotiations on July 2, the third day

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