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Bulgaria issues commemorative stamp to celebrate 15 years of Nato membership

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Senior Bulgarian officials validated a commemorative stamp on February 20 celebrating the 15th anniversary of the country’s Nato membership and

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PM Borissov welcomes Bulgarian Parliament’s ratification of North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Nato

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has welcomed the February 20 ratification by the country’s National Assembly of the Nato accession

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Bulgarian Parliament ratifies North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 20 to approve the ratification of the Republic of North Macedonia’s Nato accession protocol.

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All bets are off: Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General wants investigator fired for working as bookie

February 20, 2019February 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has asked the Prosecutor’s College of the Supreme Judicial Council to fire Sofia military prosecuting investigator Major

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FDI in Bulgaria in 2018 was 1.53B euro

February 19, 2019February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2018 stood at 1.53 billion euro, the equivalent of 2.8 per cent of the

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Bulgaria Financial Supervision Commission chief resigns, to take EBRD post

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Karina Karaivanova, head of Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission, resigned on February 19 ahead of taking the position as the country’s

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Bulgarian prosecutors seize 1.7M leva in operation against disability fraud scheme

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian special prosecutors and the anti-organised crime squad confiscated the equivalent of about 1.7 million leva in cash from two

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Bulgarian state railways begins putting overhauled passenger carriages into service

February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ said on February 19 that it was gradually putting into service renovated passenger carriages. As a

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Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ remain divided over candidacies for European Parliament elections

February 19, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) party announced on February 19 that he would be its

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