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Bulgarian Border Police get 70 off-road vehicles, costing more than 7M leva

March 8, 2019March 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A handover ceremony was held on March 8 as Bulgaria’s Border Police got 70 off-road vehicles, worth more than seven

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Bulgarian Parliament approves first reading of amendments writing off debts owed by religious groups

March 8, 2019March 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on March 8 to approve the first reading of legislative amendments writing off 8.2 million leva

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‘Together for Bulgaria. Together for Europe’ procession to be held in Sofia on March 10

March 8, 2019March 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Sofia municipality and the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” are holding a procession entitled “Together for Bulgaria. Together

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UK, Bulgarian prime ministers discuss Brexit in telephone call

March 8, 2019March 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Brexit

UK Prime Minister Theresa May telephoned her Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov to discuss Brexit, the government information service in Sofia

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Bulgarian Transport Minister: Around 2025, the train trip between Sofia and Skopje will take an hour

March 7, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The deadline for completing the rail link between Sofia and Skopje is 2025-2027, Bulgarian Transport Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov said on

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Vatican announces full programme of Pope Francis’s May 2019 visit to Bulgaria

March 7, 2019May 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

The Vatican announced on March 7 the full programme of the visit by Pope Francis to Bulgaria, confirmed for May

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EC opens three new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

March 7, 2019March 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission’s March infringements package, published on March 7, showed three new proceedings being launched against Bulgaria, with four

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Bulgarian parliamentary committee approves amendments writing off 8.2M leva debts of Chief Mufti, Orthodox Church

March 7, 2019March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The religious denominations and human rights committee of the Bulgarian Parliament approved on March 7 the first reading of legislative

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Bulgaria records 3.1% economic growth in 2018

March 7, 2019March 8, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 3.1 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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