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Bulgaria’s consumer watchdog says differences in food with rest of EU ‘minimal’

February 12, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Scientific comparative analysis of food and beverages of the same brands sold in Bulgaria and elsewhere in the European Union

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Government will buy voting machines for all polling stations

February 12, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian government will provide funds to buy voting machines so that there is one at each polling station at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General orders probe into post-communist privatisations

February 12, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has instructed the State Agency for National Security (SANS) to carry out a full review of

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Bulgaria 

Motorist in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv caught driving at 170km/h in a 50km/h zone

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A Traffic Police camera in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv snapped a motorist driving at 170km/h in a 50km/h zone on

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Two from Bulgaria’s Gambling Commission face organised crime charges

February 11, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A current and former member of Bulgaria’s Gambling Commission have been charged with involvement in an organised crime group allegedly

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Bulgarian Justice Minister asked to provide proof why judge barred from US should be dismissed

February 11, 2020February 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The judicial college of the Supreme Judicial Council has given Justice Minister Danail Kirilov seven days to submit evidence to

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New coronavirus: Bulgaria’s Health Ministry opens hotline

February 11, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health opened on February 11 an information hotline for the public and organisations to get information about

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Sofia Prosecutors ask court to de-register Lukov March organiser Bulgarian National Union Edelweiss

February 11, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has lodged an application in the Sofia City Court to cancel the registration under the

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Bulgaria 

Joint teams in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia to check for pollution-spewing vehicles

February 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

At the request of Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova, joint inspections by Traffic Police and the Sofia Inspectorate, directed against vehicles

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