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The battle over a Bulgarian beach: Nudists vs the new tenant

July 20, 2017July 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Police have fined nudists at Bulgaria’s Delfin beach, a traditional clothing-optional strip for decades, in the latest episode of ongoing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria awaits EC approval for Turkish Stream pipeline – PM

July 20, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, South Stream, Turkey

Bulgaria still hopes to secure Russian deliveries for its planned gas hub near Varna and is currently awaiting the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs postpone amendments on opening up sale of farmland to foreigners

July 19, 2017July 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

At the initiative of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, all groups in the National Assembly except one have agreed to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian traffic police want to use unmarked cars to catch dangerous drivers

July 19, 2017July 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police want to use unmarked cars to get evidence against aggressive drivers, as a further step after mounting

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Bulgaria 

Memorial service held at Bourgas Airport on fifth anniversary of July 2012 terrorist attack against Israelis

July 18, 2017January 8, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bourgas terrorist attack

A solemn memorial gathering was held on July 18 at the monument at Bourgas Airport to the five Israelis and

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-May 2017 was 119.8M euro

July 18, 2017July 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2017 stood at 119.8 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Constitutional Court asked to make binding interpretation in relation to CETA

July 18, 2017July 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on July 18 that he asked the country’s Constitutional Court to issue a binding interpretation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Chief: No external interference in choosing new fighter jet

July 17, 2017July 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s Defence Chief General Andrei Botsev has rejected allegations of external interference and corruption in the process towards choosing a

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Bulgaria 

Convictions for drug-related crimes in Bulgaria increased by close to 20% in 2016 – official statistics

July 14, 2017July 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of punished drug-related crimes in Bulgaria in 2016 added up to 2079, close to 20 per cent more

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