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Bulgaria has detained 22 000 migrants since beginning of 2015 – deputy minister

October 4, 2015October 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has detained 22 000 migrants since the beginning of 2015, Deputy Interior Minister Philip Gounev told public broadcaster Bulgarian

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: Air strikes in Syria will cause new wave of refugees

October 2, 2015October 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Syrian refugees

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expects the recent airstrikes in Syria to cause a new wave of refugees. Borissov, speaking

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Bulgaria arrests security agency employee who leaked information to smugglers

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office anti-corruption unit has arrested an employee of the State Agency for National Security for allegedly leaking

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2015 Sofia Marathon to be held on October 4

October 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The annual Sofia Marathon will be held on October 4 2015, starting at 10am from Vassil Levski national stadium. The

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Bulgaria 

German embassy marking 25 years of unification with running events in four Bulgarian cities

October 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna

The Germany embassy in Sofia is marking 25 years since the country’s unification on October 3 1990 with running events

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Drama as Bulgaria’s air force chief resigns – then withdraws resignation after talk with PM

October 1, 2015October 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato

Bulgaria saw a day of drama as Bulgaria’s air force chief submitted his resignation, apparently in frustration as the state

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Bulgaria Budget surplus at 627M leva in January-September 2015

October 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first nine months of 2015 came in at 627

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM hosts meeting of SEECP foreign ministers in New York

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

The first informal meeting of foreign ministers of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) participants was held on September 30

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Bulgarian central bank’s banking supervision chief director resigns

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The chief director of banking supervision at central Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has resigned with effect from October 1 2015,

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