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Close to 21% of young people in Bulgaria not in employment or education

June 27, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 20.9 per cent of young people in Bulgaria – aged 20 to 34 – were neither in employment nor

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister of North Macedonia expects understanding with Bulgaria on history will be reached

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Speaking to the media in Skopje, North Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said that he expects that an understanding will

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Bulgaria 

Bird strike blamed for El Al flight emergency landing at Sofia Airport

June 26, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

The El Al flight between Sofia and Tel Aviv on June 26 made returned to Sofia Airport for an emergency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria sets up National Road Safety Co-ordination Centre

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government approved on June 26 a decree establishing a National Road Safety Co-ordination Centre, as part of steps to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party lacks money to repay 4.29M leva overpaid state subsidy

June 26, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Kornelia Ninova

Kornelia Ninova’s Bulgarian Socialist Party lacks the funds to repay the 4.29 million leva (about 2.19 million euro) it owes

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From the Vatican to Israel, several new Bulgarian ambassadors take office

June 26, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The month of June 2019 has seen several newly-appointed Bulgarian ambassadors present their credentials, in posts ranging from Ireland to

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Bulgaria 

‘Balkan Pride’ opens in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv on July 4

June 26, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Balkan Pride exhibition, presenting photos, information and items from Pride events in large cities in the Balkans – including

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria invites Russia to send engineers to take part in overhaul of Su-25s

June 26, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Bulgarian Air Force’s Su-25 military jets will be overhauled at the country’s Avionas plant and Bulgaria is inviting Russia

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Bulgaria’s Education Ministry orders changes after controversy over new school history books view of communist era

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Education has made recommendations for corrections to new 10th grade history textbooks after a controversy over the

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