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Pompeo tells Zaharieva US requirement for visas for Bulgarians remains in place

November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has become the latest in a long line of holders of that office to raise with

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Bulgaria 

Cost of broadband internet: Bulgaria offers good value for money, study shows

November 6, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Broadband internet in Bulgaria may not be the cheapest even in its eastern European neighbourhood, but the country scored high

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman takes to trains and buses after official car taken away

November 5, 2018November 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova is set for a whistle-stop tour on November 6 on a train from Sofia to Varna

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Bulgaria 

Government fires head of State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad as he faces corruption charges

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The government said on November 5 that it had dismissed Petar Haralampiev as head of the State Agency for Bulgarians

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Bulgaria 

Row over food safety agency’s tough measures against bird flu in Bulgaria

November 5, 2018November 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Poultry farmers in Bulgaria are protesting against the country’s strict measures against bird flu in Bulgaria, as it emerged that

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Bulgaria 

Spanish and Bulgarian police recover more than 30 000 stolen and forged archaeological goods

November 5, 2018November 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 30 000 artefacts, including Greek and Roman ceramics, helmets, funeral urns, lamps, arrowheads and spears – thought to

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Bulgaria 

Switzerland to remove labour market restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians at end of May 2019

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Switzerland will remove its labour market restrictions on citizens of EU countries Bulgaria and Romania at the end of May

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of work by US photographer Arnold Newman opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on November 6

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of 55 photographs by Arnold Newman opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on November 6 and continues until

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Bulgaria 

Archaeological Museum to display ‘Rescued Treasures of Bulgaria’ exhibition

November 4, 2018November 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of artefacts saved by police from being smuggled out of the country, entitled “Rescued Treasures of Bulgaria” opens

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