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Bulgarian Defence Minister: Fighter jet, infantry vehicle projects to go to Cabinet on May 9

April 27, 2018April 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Draft projects on the acquisition of fighter jets for the Air Force and armoured vehicles for the infantry will be

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Bulgaria assists in takedown of ‘Islamic State’ propaganda machine – Europol

April 27, 2018April 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Law enforcement authorities from European Union member states including Bulgaria, as well as from Canada and the United States launched

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Bulgaria 

More than 14 000 foreign students at Bulgarian universities in 2017/18 – statistics institute

April 27, 2018April 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 14 212 students at Bulgarian universities and specialised higher schools in the 2017/18 academic year are foreigners,

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Berlitz courses – 14.0% discount to celebrate 140th anniversary

April 27, 2018March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff paid publication

The Berlitz Method® has long become a global market standard for learning a language. In the year of our 140th

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Exacta April 2018 poll: Bulgarian PM Borissov’s GERB 24.5%, BSP 20.5%

April 26, 2018April 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Fifty-six per cent of Bulgarians do not want early parliamentary elections now, according to a poll by the Exacta Research

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Plovdiv, European Capital of Culture 2019 – more than 300 events

April 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

There will be more than 300 events in over 70 locations in Plovdiv and the region in 2019 as Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria has highest income inequality in EU – and the one that has worsened most

April 26, 2018April 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The highest increase in income equality in an EU country was in Bulgaria, while the country also has the highest

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Archaeology: Online campaign to re-route Struma Motorway to stop destruction of Thracian site, other ancient finds

April 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

An online campaign is being conducted, along with a push for a local referendum, for the route of the Struma

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Archaeology: Building, believed to have been bishop’s residence in Roman-era Pautalia, uncovered in Bulgaria’s Kyustendil

April 26, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Archaeologists working in the Bulgarian town of Kyustendil have uncovered a large building, believed to have been the residence of

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