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Bulgaria’s government approves additional 20.7M leva subsidy for Orthodox church, Muslims

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet approved on April 24 an additional 20.7 million leva (about 10.5 million euro) in

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Bulgaria announces probe into all guest houses financed with EU funds

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered the police to carry out an investigation into all guest houses in the country

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Head of Bulgarian National Television resigns after court upholds drink-driving conviction

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

At a special sitting on April 24, Bulgaria’s statutory broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) voted unanimously to

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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines supermarket chain Fantastico 162 300 leva

April 24, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said that it has fined one of the companies operating the Sofia-based supermarket

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Deputy PM: Bulgaria and its people have defied hatred, racism and xenophobia

April 23, 2019April 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Addressing the second consecutive Passover Seder dinner that she has hosted, Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva

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Bulgarian prosecutors probe allegations about houses of family of socialist top candidate MEP

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Supreme Cassation Prosecutor’s Office said on April 23 that it was responding to media reports by ordering an investigation

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Mayor: Number of foreign tourists visiting Sofia up 82% in past 10 years

April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

The number of foreign tourists visiting Sofia has increased by 82 per cent in the past 10 years, mayor Yordanka

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Zaharieva: Bulgaria will continue to support Serbia on road to European integration

April 23, 2019April 24, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Bulgaria will continue to support Serbia on its road to European integration, as it has done so far, Foreign Minister

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Bulgaria’s election watchdog picks company to supply voting machines

April 23, 2019April 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has picked a winner in the tender for the hire of 3000 voting machines for

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