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What is a podcast? Q and A

June 16, 2015May 10, 2024 Lance Nelson Bulgaria Now Podcast, Lance Nelson, podcasts

What is a podcast? It’s online radio, time shifted. A file is streamed, or downloaded, to a mobile device or computer

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Hammond briefs Bulgarian foreign minister on EU referendum plan

June 16, 2015June 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

UK foreign secretary Philip Hammond briefed his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov on the main elements of the British agenda for

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Borissov on Orlandovtsi: Don’t play with fire and spark ethnic conflict

June 16, 2015June 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Tensions in Sofia’s Orlandovtsi area between Bulgarians and Roma people have sparked comments across the political spectrum, with Prime Minister

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Arrests of ‘provocateurs’ in Orlandovtsi, group tries to storm Roma area in Garmen

June 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The parallel dramas over tensions between Bulgarians and Roma have been continuing in two places in Bulgaria, with more than

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Plevneliev: US has made no proposal to Bulgaria on deploying military equipment

June 15, 2015June 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

The United States currently has made no proposal to the Bulgarian government about deploying military equipment in the country, President

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In Macedonia, Bulgarian Foreign Minister reiterates need for deeper reforms

June 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov held talks with Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov on June 14, expressing strong concern over the

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Bulgaria’s annual inflation up to 0.9%, despite monthly deflation in May

June 15, 2015July 14, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) was up by an annual 0.9 per cent in May, but monthly figures showed 0.2

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Bulgaria worst performer in EU CO2 emission reduction chart

June 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria performed worst among European Union member countries in a comparison of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion

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Bulgaria’s capacity to host refugees ‘almost saturated’

June 15, 2015June 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria may receive this year more than 11 000 refugees and its capacity to host is almost saturated, State Agency

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