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Leaders of Bulgaria’s Muslims, Orthodox Christians back debt waiver legislation

March 11, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Meeting Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on March 11, the leaders of the country’s Muslims and Bulgarian Orthodox Church expressed their

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Bulgarian military sends medics to Mali

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A new team of four Bulgarian military doctors is being deployed to Mali, the Ministry of Defence said on March

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Bulgaria confers highest state honour on WJC President Ronald Lauder

March 11, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria has conferred on Ronald S Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, its highest state honour, the Stara Planina

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World Jewish Congress President Lauder in Sofia: ‘You have said no to modern-day Nazis’

March 10, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Hundreds of Bulgarians, including political leaders and ordinary people including representatives of the Bulgarian Jewish community, as well as foreign

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US prosecutors lodge charges against OneCoin Bulgarian leaders

March 10, 2019March 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The office of the US Attorney has lodged various charges against leaders of OneCoin, describing it as a multibillion dollar

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Exacta poll: GERB 22.2%, Bulgarian Socialist Party 19.4%

March 10, 2019March 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Had Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections – scheduled for the end of May 2019 – been held at the end of

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Bulgarian central bank governor nominates new bank supervision deputy

March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Dimitar Radev nominated Radoslav Milenkov for the position of deputy BNB governor in charge of

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Bulgaria among 16 countries in Europol operation against trafficked medicine

March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A crackdown by law enforcement, customs and health regulatory authorities from 16 countries in Europe, including Bulgaria, has netted a

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Bulgaria Constitutional Court overturns provision banning retirees from civil service

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court has ruled to overturn a provision in the 2019 Budget Act that would prevent civil servants that

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