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2018 Perseids meteor shower to peak over Bulgaria on August 11 and 12

August 6, 2018August 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

The nights of August 11 and 12 will see the peak displays of the 2018 Perseids meteor shower over the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-trust watchdog fines Mareshki-linked fuel retailer for unfair practices

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition said on August 3 that it filed petrol station operator Tradenet Varna 175 400

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov opens looping section on gas link to Turkey

August 3, 2018August 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, energy, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, accompanied by Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova and her Turkish counterpart Fatih Dönmez, opened a new

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy puts into service four boats donated by US

August 3, 2018August 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s coastline will be patrolled as of August 3 using four boats donated by the United States to the Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian and Macedonian PMs hold second joint commemoration of Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising

August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his counterpart from the Republic of Macedonia Zoran Zaev held their second joint commemoration

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Bulgaria 

Earthquake of 4.1 on Richter scale in southern Bulgaria

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck at 5.17pm on August 2 in southern Bulgaria, 55km south-east of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s summer 2018 season: Close to 1000 police deployed to resorts

August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Close to 1000 additional police officers from all over Bulgaria have been deployed to the country’s Black Sea coastal resorts

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: 14th Century gold coin found at Bulgaria’s Rusokastro Fortress site

August 2, 2018August 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Bourgas

A gold coin from the time of Andronicus II and Andronicus III Paleologus (14th century) has been discovered during archaeological

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: 2025 horizon for Western Balkans countries EU accession is incentive for reforms

August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

The announced horizon of 2025 for the accession of the Western Balkan countries to the EU is an opportunity and

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