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Bulgarian drug trafficker handed sentence in Romanian trial

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Romania

A Bucharest court sentenced Evelin “Brendo” Banev to 14 years in jail on charges of drug trafficking, Bulgarian media reported

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Bulgarian defence industry exports up 50% year-on-year

May 26, 2016May 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Exports by Bulgaria’s defence industry were 50 per cent higher in 2015 than in 2014, adding up to 649 million

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Torrential rain causes flooding in parts of central Bulgaria

May 26, 2016May 27, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Heavy rain caused the Stara Reka river in Kazanluk in central Bulgaria to burst its banks on May 25, inundating

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Bulgaria does not expect refugee problem from Turkey – Interior Minister

May 25, 2016May 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgaria does not expect a refugee problem from Turkey, even if Ankara withdraws from the agreement with the European Union

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Bulgaria moves to ease property qualification for permanent residence

May 25, 2016May 27, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

A Bulgarian parliamentary committee has approved the first reading of changes to the Foreigners Act to decrease the property value

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Bulgarian far-right Ataka MP gets two years probation for hooliganism

May 25, 2016May 26, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Sofia City Court sentenced Dessislav Chukolov, an MP for Volen Siderov’s far-right Ataka minority opposition party, to two years’ probation,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria celebrates Day of Cyrillic script, Slavonic literature

May 24, 2016May 26, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

With church services, parades of academics and school pupils and speeches by state and government leaders, Bulgaria joined in enthusiastic

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Humanitarian assistance cannot substitute for political solutions – Bulgarian PM

May 23, 2016May 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

In recent years, the world has been facing humanitarian crises and disasters unprecedented in number, scale and duration, Bulgarian Prime

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM inspects progress on Turkish border fence

May 22, 2016May 25, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov carried out an aerial inspection of progress on the extension to the Bulgarian -Turkish border

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