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Lawyers for firm at centre of Bulgaria’s apartments controversy: Tsvetanov transaction ‘legal and standard’

March 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Counsel for Arteks Engineering, the company at the centre of a political controversy over acquisitions of apartments by four Bulgarian

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Repairs to three bridges on Bulgaria’s Trakiya Motorway to begin on March 25

March 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Repairs to three bridges on the Trakiya Motorway are to begin on March 25, Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency said. The

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Resignation of Tsacheva is latest in succession from Bulgarian PM Borissov’s Cabinet

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The resignation of Tsetska Tsacheva as Justice Minister in Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government is the latest in a

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Bulgarian PM Borissov accepts resignation of Tsacheva as Justice Minister over apartment controversy

March 23, 2019March 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has accepted the resignation of Tsetska Tsacheva as Justice Minister, the government information service said

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Bulgaria Deputy Sports Minister second to resign over apartments controversy

March 23, 2019March 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A few hours after Tsetska Tsacheva resigned as Bulgaria’s Justice Minister over a controversy over acquiring an apartment at allegedly

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Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Tsacheva submits resignation after apartment controversy

March 23, 2019March 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tsetska Tsacheva submitted her resignation as Justice Minister after talks on the morning of March 23 with Prime Minister Boiko

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Fitch Ratings raises Bulgaria’s outlook from stable to positive

March 23, 2019August 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Fitch Ratings has revised Bulgaria’s outlook to positive from stable while affirming the sovereign’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer

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Archaeology: Entrance gate to ancient city of Odessos found in Bulgaria’s Varna

March 23, 2019March 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

One of the entrance gates to the ancient city of Odessos, a settlement dating back to at least the seventh

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Bulgaria’s competition watchdog approves sale of broadcaster Nova Televizia

March 22, 2019March 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has approved the proposed sale of Modern Times Group’s (MTG) majority stake in

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