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Official investigation contradicts Simeonov’s claims about ‘illegal’ beach bars at Sunny Beach

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works has announced the results of an investigation that found that, in spite

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 3.6 Richter scale shakes villages in Bulgaria’s Gotse Delchev area

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake measured at 3.5 on the Richter Scale shook the villages of Breznitsa and Kornitsa in Bulgaria’s Gotse Delchev

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: Government ‘showed courage’ by picking Western Balkans as theme for EU Presidency

June 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has praised the work of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the choice

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Bulgaria 

Summer 2018: Bulgarian railways has shortfall of sleeping car tickets on trains to the coast

June 18, 2018June 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Sofia, tourism, Varna

Just as the summer holiday season begins to pick up speed, getting a place in a Bulgarian railways sleeping car

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Bulgarian government welcomes June 17 signing of ‘North Macedonia’ name agreement

June 17, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Greece, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on June 17 that he congratulated his counterparts from Athens and Skopje, Alexis Tsipras

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Tsipras and Zaev have EU’s full backing over ‘North Macedonia’ name deal

June 16, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his counterpart from Skopje, Zoran Zaev, have the full backing of the European Union

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Bulgaria 

Macedonian PM Zaev tells Bulgarian Foreign Minister: ‘Today the Balkans are building friendships’

June 16, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia

Meeting Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva, the Republic of Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that he believed that his

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019: Open call for ‘last-minute’ projects

June 15, 2018June 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The Plovdiv 2019 Foundation announced on June 15 an open call for last-minute projects in the official programme of the

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Bulgaria 

July 6-7 announced as date for CEE – China ’16+1′ summit in Sofia

June 15, 2018June 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian government has announced July 6 and 7 as the dates for the “16+1” 2018 Central Eastern Europe –

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