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Bulgaria moves to lower property requirement for permanent residence

June 15, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on June 15 the first reading of amendments to the Foreigners Act that lower by six times

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Bulgarian Cabinet to table new Judiciary Act amendments

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on June 15 a second package of amendments to the Judiciary Act, part of the judiciary reform

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Bulgarian Parliament amends law on offshore companies

June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed at second reading on June 15 a bill easing ownership restrictions on offshore companies, amending a law

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Bulgarian Parliament takes first step to banning burqa

June 15, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on June 15 the first reading of a law banning the wearing in public of clothing

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Bulgarian Cabinet provides further 44M leva for Turkish border fence

June 15, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Cabinet is providing a further 44 million leva (about 22.5 million euro) to build a further 61km of fence

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Defence Minister: Bulgaria ready to contribute soldiers to Nato brigade in Romania

June 14, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Romania, Russia

Bulgaria could deploy about 400 military personnel to take part in training and joint exercises as part of a Nato

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Bulgaria deputy minister resigns after mismanagement charges pressed

June 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Deputy Transport Minister Anton Ginev tendered his resignation on June 14 after the prosecutor’s office said that he was

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Bulgarian connection in discovery of planet orbiting two suns

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

A Bulgarian who has a doctorate in astrophysics from Johns Hopkins University has been named as lead author on research

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Sofia Pride 2016 parade to be held on June 18

June 14, 2016June 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The ninth annual Sofia Pride parade in support of LGBTI people is to be held on June 18, with the

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