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Bulgaria drops Saudi firm Arkad as gas grid capacity expansion contractor

May 29, 2019June 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz has changed its decision in the tender to design and build the expansion of Bulgaria’s

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Bulgarian MPs overturn presidential veto on property expropriation

May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament voted on May 29 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on amendments to the country’s State Property Act,

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ECFR: Pro-European vote in Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

The election campaign in Bulgaria was clearly a sign of prevalence of the pro-European votes and voices, according to a

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Military vehicles on the move in Bulgaria as annual exercises begin

May 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Military vehicles and equipment will be on the move through Bulgaria until July 3 to take part in various exercises,

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Bulgaria’s European elections: MRF leader, Peevski will not take up their seats

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019, Delyan Peevski

Movement for Rights and Freedoms leader Mustafa Karadayi and the number two on the party’s European Parliament candidate list, controversial

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Bulgarian socialists call June 15 party congress after leader Ninova resigns

May 28, 2019May 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Kornelia Ninova’s plans to hold a leadership contest under new rules were dashed on May

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences archaeologists find 7600-year-old skeleton

May 28, 2019May 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) have found a skeleton in the remains of an early Neolithic tomb

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Plan for tourist route of Jewish landmarks in Bulgaria

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry and the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” have agreed on an idea to create a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria jails migrant smuggler for 6 years over drowning in Danube of 6 Iraqis

May 28, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Refugees

A migrant smuggler has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Bulgarian court for causing the deaths by

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