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Bulgaria busts group smuggling migrants from Turkey to Serbia

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Special Prosecutor’s Office has lodged charges against four people of involvement in an organised crime group trafficking migrants

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Japanese pianist Kotaro Fukuma to give a recital in Plovdiv on March 30

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Prominent Japanese pianist Kotaro Fukuma will give a piano recital in Plovdiv on March 30, at a concert featuring the

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Bulgaria 

Performance of 20 songs in Ladino in Sofia on February 28

February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A musical and theatre multimedia concert “From Toledo to Plovdiv. The Way of the Jewish Sephardic Song”, including performances of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court reinstates university rector sacked for plagiarism

February 25, 2019February 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A local court in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna has reinstated Rossen Vassilev as rector of the city’s

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Bulgarian President Radev vetoes Electoral Code amendments

February 25, 2019February 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on February 25 that he has vetoed several provisions in the amendments to the country’s

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Bulgarian – North Macedonian trade, economic co-operation commission to meet in Skopje in March

February 25, 2019February 26, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Bulgarian – North Macedonian joint intergovernmental commission on trade and economic co-operation will hold its first meeting in Skopje

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Russian PM Medvedev to visit Bulgaria on March 4 and 5, hold talks with Borissov

February 25, 2019February 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Russia

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Bulgaria on March 4 and 5 2019, the government information service in Sofia

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Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with Saudi foreign minister on trade and investment

February 25, 2019February 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Assaf on boosting

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Bulgaria 

Bansko: Blue Bird day after 20cm snowfall – and a forecast for next week

February 24, 2019 Lance Nelson

The FIS World Cup 2019 in Bulgaria’s ski resort Bansko has been a tremendous sporting spectacle but, it was somewhat

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