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Bulgarian FM: ‘Not only Bulgaria doesn’t want to host the refugees’

July 11, 2018July 16, 2018 Deutsche Welle

Migration has “unfortunately been the most divided topic” in the EU, the Bulgarian Foreign Minister told DW, following the end

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves 500M leva equity injection for state firm

July 11, 2018July 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government approved on July 11 a 500 million leva (about 255.6 million euro) equity hike for the State Consolidation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s population dropped to just more than seven million at beginning of 2018 – Eurostat

July 11, 2018July 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The population of Bulgaria was 7 050 000 as at January 1 2018, dropping from more than 7.1 million on

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Bulgaria 

‘Blue Zone’ paid parking system goes into effect in Bulgaria’s Varna

July 11, 2018July 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Varna

After repeated delays, the “blue zone” paid parking system in Bulgaria’s largest Black Sea city Varna went into effect on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ‘opens’ Black Sea for new oil exploration

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria looks ready to follow Romania’s example, emphasising and paving the way for new drilling in the Black Sea and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria appoints Atanas Krastin as new ambassador to Russia

July 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Atanas Krastin will replace Boiko Kotsev as Bulgaria’s ambassador to Russia, with the presidential decree appointing Krastin published in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Berlin Process will speed European integration of Western Balkans

July 10, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Berlin Process will accelerate the European integration of the Western Balkans, and complements and does not replace the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s highest state honour awarded to Israeli author Professor Michael Bar-Zohar

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Israel

At a ceremony in Sofia, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev conferred on Israeli historian and author Professor Michael Bar-Zohar the country’s

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US Sixth Fleet’s USS Mount Whitney enters Black Sea

July 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States’ Sixth Fleet’s command and control ship USS Mount Whitney has entered the Black Sea at the weekend,

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