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Bulgarian Traffic Police launch countrywide operation against speeding

August 7, 2018August 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Traffic Police launched on August 7 a special countrywide operation against speeding. The operation, to continue until August 12

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EU confronts member states issuing citizenship for money

August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 Deutsche Welle

The European Commission is calling on EU countries to be more cautious when granting citizenships, according to an interview with

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Electricity prices per kilowatt hour in Bulgaria lowest out of 24 EU states – Eurostat

August 7, 2018August 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Eurostat

The price for electricity per kilowatt hour paid by households in Bulgaria in 2017 was the lowest among 24 of

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2018 Perseids meteor shower to peak over Bulgaria on August 11 and 12

August 6, 2018August 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The nights of August 11 and 12 will see the peak displays of the 2018 Perseids meteor shower over the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-trust watchdog fines Mareshki-linked fuel retailer for unfair practices

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition said on August 3 that it filed petrol station operator Tradenet Varna 175 400

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Bulgarian PM Borissov opens looping section on gas link to Turkey

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, accompanied by Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova and her Turkish counterpart Fatih Dönmez, opened a new

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Bulgarian Navy puts into service four boats donated by US

August 3, 2018August 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s coastline will be patrolled as of August 3 using four boats donated by the United States to the Bulgarian

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Bulgarian and Macedonian PMs hold second joint commemoration of Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising

August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his counterpart from the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev held their second joint commemoration

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Earthquake of 4.1 on Richter scale in southern Bulgaria

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck at 5.17pm on August 2 in southern Bulgaria, 55km south-east of

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