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Bulgaria’s first Jewish school in decades opens in Sofia in September 2019

May 18, 2019September 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

On the morning of September 15 2019, a bell will peal to signal the opening of the first Jewish school

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Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body found discrepancies in declarations of 738 people in power

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission said that it had found discrepancies in the statutory declarations of assets of 738 office-bearers at various

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Bulgarian railways to inaugurate regular Plovdiv – Edirne train on May 24

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, Plovdiv, tourism, Turkey

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is to launch a regular train service at weekends and on public holidays between Plovdiv and

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Bulgarian PM backs Prosecutor-General’s call for information on undeclared offshore holdings of top office-bearers

May 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, judiciary, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expressed support on May 17 for Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov’s request to the State Agency for

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‘Ethno kitchen on wheels’ in Plovdiv to feature different cuisines from May 17 to 19

May 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The third annual Ethno Kitchen on Wheels opens in Plovdiv on May 17 at 6pm, featuring a range of ethnic

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Bulgaria 

Price remains issue in Bulgaria’s negotiations on acquiring F-16s

May 16, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Price remains an issue in Bulgaria’s negotiations with the United States on the acquisition of F-16 fighter jets, it has

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Bulgaria 

Increase in spending by Bulgarian households outpaces increase in income – statistics institute

May 16, 2019May 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The total income average per household member in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2019 was eight per cent higher

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Bulgaria to deepen co-operation with Romania, North Macedonia on the environment

May 15, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia, Romania

Bulgaria’s Cabinet, meeting on May 15, approved agreements with the Republic of North Macedonia and with Romania on aspects of

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Bulgaria’s new Agriculture Minister pledges to deal with the ‘many problems’ in the sector

May 15, 2019May 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s new Agriculture Minister, Dessislava Taneva, has stated a commitment to solving the many problems the country’s farmers face, saying

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