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Orthodox Easter 2019: N Macedonia bishop to go with Bulgarian delegation to Jerusalem to fetch ‘Holy Fire’

April 4, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

A bishop from the “Macedonian Orthodox Church” will accompany a Bulgarian Orthodox Church delegation to Jerusalem at Easter 2019 to

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv City Council to hold special meeting on Plovdiv 2019 Foundation controversy

April 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A special meeting of Plovdiv City Council is to be held on April 8 following a petition by opposition councillors

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Prosecutor-General orders new probes into apartment acquisitions, including by anti-corruption head

April 4, 2019April 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Acting on media reports, Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has ordered investigations into property acquisitions by anti-corruption commision head Plamen Georgiev,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov says will nominate Kirilov to be Justice Minister

April 4, 2019April 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov said on April 4 that he would nominate Danail Kirilov, head

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Bulgaria 

Two US-funded playgrounds for children with special educational needs inaugurated in Bulgaria’s Varna

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

Playgrounds at two kindergartens for children with special educational needs have been inaugurated in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city Varna following

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Bulgaria 

‘Smiley Eyes’: Free eye examinations at 12 kindergartens and five schools in Sofia

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Twelve kindergartens and five schools in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are included in the campaign for free eye examinations “Smiley

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s election watchdog calls tender to rent 3000 voting machines

April 3, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has called a tender for the hire of 3000 voting machines for the country’s May

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church refuses to take part in any services during Pope Francis’s visit

April 3, 2019April 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body says that while a meeting between Patriarch Neofit and Pope Francis is possible during

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria picks Saudi firm Arkad for gas grid capacity expansion

April 3, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz said on April 3 that it picked Saudi Arabian Arkad Engineering and Constructions Company to design

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