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Sofia Airport reports 7.8% passenger traffic increase in March 2018

April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport saw a 7.8 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in March 2018, 556 088 versus 515 857

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Borissov expresses optimism about Sofia summit on the Balkans, in spite of partial boycott

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed optimism about the May 17 2018 summit on the Western Balkans to be

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Strike causes cancellation of two Lufthansa flights between Sofia and Frankfurt on April 10

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A strike at four airports in Germany has led to the cancellation of two Lufthansa flights between Frankfurt and Sofia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov in BiH: Balkans need peace to achieve prosperity

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bosnia and Herzegovina

There should be no selfish approaches in the Balkans because a problem in any one country affects the others, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Simon Singh: ‘Science doesn’t dictate policy but policy shouldn’t ignore science’

April 9, 2018April 16, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

It is a troubling world, one within which climate change deniers and those who are anti-science occupy high office –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov congratulates Orbán on Fidesz victory in Hungarian election

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Hungary

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Viktor Orbán on the victory of his Fidesz party in the April 8

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 1626 people in 2016, 30 per cent to Russians – Eurostat

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 1626 people in 2016, an increase of 28 per cent compared with 2015, European Union statistics

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Bulgaria condemns chemical weapon attack in Syrian town of Douma

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said that it was following with concern information about another chemical weapon attack in Syria. In a

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Bulgaria 

More than 7000 stray cats in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv – report

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The city council in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv is to update at its next meeting its plan of action for

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