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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2019 Budget

October 28, 2018October 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved the 2019 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry at a special sitting on October 28, although

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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv faces tourist accommodation challenge as European Capital of Culture 2019 approaches

October 28, 2018October 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, tourism

The number of tourists coming to Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv is expected to double in 2019 when it holds the

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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue

October 28, 2018October 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on October 28 2018 that it strongly condemns the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue

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EU, Bulgarian Jews join in condemnation of massacre at Pittsburgh synagogue

October 27, 2018October 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The October 27 attack in Pittsburgh shows the magnitude of a wave of antisemitism and racism that is spreading in

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Bulgarian President, high courts name three new Constitutional Court judges

October 26, 2018October 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

The joint assembly of Bulgaria’s two high courts elected two new Constitutional Court judges on October 26, followed several hours

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Bulgarian Interior Minister: Attempted illegal border crossings from Turkey, Greece increased in August-October

October 26, 2018October 28, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Between August and October 24, there was an increase in attempts to illegally cross the border into Bulgaria from Turkey

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Trains in Bulgaria to stop for an hour when clocks change to winter time

October 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Trains in Bulgaria will stop for an hour on October 28, when clocks change to winter time, so that they

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Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time on October 28 2018

October 25, 2018October 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 28 2018, going back an hour to 3am. This

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Bulgarian government removes Simeonov as head of National Council for Co-operation on Ethnic and Integration Issues

October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

The Bulgarian government has removed Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov as head of the Cabinet’s National Council for Co-operation on

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