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Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms puts Peevski on European Parliament candidate list

April 22, 2019April 24, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Delyan Peevski, Peevski protests

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms submitted its candidate list for the May 2019 European Parliament elections on April 22,

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Bulgaria 

Murderer of Bulgarian TV presenter Marinova sentenced to 30 years in prison

April 22, 2019April 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Regional Court in Rousse has sentenced Severin Krassimirov to 30 years in prison for the October 2018 rape and

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Bulgaria 

Deadline for decision on Bulgaria’s new naval patrol vessels set for after European Parliament elections

April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A report by an interministerial committee on the three bids submitted to supply the Bulgarian Navy with two naval patrol

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry: Nazi symbolism has no place in our country

April 22, 2019April 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry issued a strongly-worded statement on April 22 condemning the gathering of far-right organisations held in Sofia the

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Bulgaria wins arbitration case filed by Omani fund over CCB insolvency

April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria won the arbitration case filed by the State General Reserve Fund of the Sultanate of Oman at the International

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Exhibition of photographs by Vivian Maier opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on April 24

April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of photography entitled “Vivian Maier – In Her Own Hands” opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on April

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria condemns bombing attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka

April 21, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In a message on April 21 to her Sri Lankan counterpart Tilak Marapana, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva strongly condemned

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Independent report names worst cities in Bulgaria in exceeding fine particulate matter standards

April 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The northern Bulgaria city of Vidin was the worst in exceeding fine particular matter standards, surpassing them for 91 days

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Bulgaria 

High-power cable to luxury building in Sofia illegally drained 7000 leva electricity a month

April 21, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Staff of power distribution company CEZ and police have discovered that a high-power cable had been used to illegally supply

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