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US Sixth Fleet’s USS Mount Whitney enters Black Sea

July 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States’ Sixth Fleet’s command and control ship USS Mount Whitney has entered the Black Sea at the weekend,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Ministry classifies helicopter crash investigation report

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said on July 9 that the commission tasked with investigating the circumstances of last month’s accident involving

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Bulgaria 

More than 200 Bulgarian 18-year-olds get free rail passes in new EU scheme

July 9, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

More than 200 Bulgarian 18-year-olds are getting free rail passes to travel Europe on almost any train this summer, part

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expelled 1755 non-EU nationals in 2017 – Eurostat

July 9, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria returned a total of 1755 non-EU nationals to their countries in 2017 after issuing them orders to leave, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, China sign raft of agreements ahead of CEE – China ’16+1′ summit

July 6, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

On the day that the trade war between China and the US stepped in to high gear with the introduction

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria blocks sale of heart medicines over ‘probable carcinogen’ impurity

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s medicines agency said on July 6 that it was suspending the sale of 62 high blood pressure and heart

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament rejects opposition motion to sack utilities regulator head

July 5, 2018July 12, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian MPs voted down on July 5 the motion tabled by the opposition socialists, which called for the early dismissal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia agree to work on linking up infrastructure

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Romania, Serbia

The leader of Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia met for the fourth “quadrilateral summit” in Thessaloniki on July 4, where

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Bulgaria 

‘Code Yellow’ weather warning for Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast for July 5

July 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The “Code Yellow” warning for potentially hazardous weather warning has been issued for eight districts in eastern Bulgaria, including the

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