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Bulgaria’s Plovdiv to celebrate fourth anniversary of winning European Capital of Culture title

September 2, 2018September 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A celebration organised by the Plovdiv 2019 Foundation and the municipality is to be held on September 5 to mark

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Simeonov: National Front for Salvation of Bulgaria to vote against resignations of three ministers

September 2, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) party is to announce on September

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Bulgarian PM Borissov’s Cabinet set for shake-up after ministerial resignations

September 1, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on September 1 that the coalition government council would meet on September 3 to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Bourgas warns of danger of spread of West Nile virus after woman shows symptoms

September 1, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

The municipality of Bourgas on Bulgaria’s Black Sea has issued a warning that there is potential danger of the spread

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency kills 65 pigs after outbreak of African Swine Fever in village

September 1, 2018July 24, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Bulgarian Food Safety agency staff euthanised 65 pigs in the village of Tutrakantsi in the Varna district on September 1

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Bulgaria issues European Arrest Warrant for wealthy hotelier couple over alleged money laundering, tax evasion

September 1, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Special Prosecutor’s Office said on September 1 that at its request, a European Arrest Warrant had been issued for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in first eight months of 2018 was 398 – Interior Ministry

September 1, 2018September 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of people who died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and August 31 2018 was 398,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-July 2018 Budget surplus at 2.02B leva

August 31, 2018September 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on August 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first seven months of 2018 was

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Bulgaria’s Svoge fatal bus crash: Three Cabinet ministers resign

August 31, 2018September 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Three members of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet submitted their resignations on August 31 after he told them to

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