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Bulgarian PM Borissov holds talks with IMF head Georgieva

January 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, IMF, Kristalina Georgieva

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks in Sofia with International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva on January

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‘Lukov March’ organiser Bulgarian National Union hits back over probe by prosecutors

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union, organiser of the annual Lukov March held in Sofia in praise of a pro-Nazi general,

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Bulgarian authorities: Water to be piped via Sofia to resolve crisis in Pernik

January 18, 2020January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The town of Pernik, stricken with a water supply crisis for months, is to be supplied with water from Belmeken

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Bulgarian Cabinet backs gambling bill banning private lottery games

January 17, 2020January 21, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Cabinet was supporting the bill of amendments to the country’s Gambling Act that would ban lottery games organised by

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FDI in Bulgaria in January-November 2019 was 989.2M euro

January 17, 2020February 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2019 stood at 989.2 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General orders probe into organiser of ‘Lukov March’

January 17, 2020January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev has ordered an investigation into the legality or otherwise of the Bulgarian National Union – Edelweiss

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Controversy over round table on Second World War labour camps for Bulgarian Jewish men

January 17, 2020January 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria Shalom has sharply criticised a “national round table” held on January 17 billed

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Outrage as Jewish graves vandalised in Bulgaria’s town of Shoumen

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Outrage has resulted after vandals attacked tombstones in the Jewish cemetery in the town of Shoumen in north-eastern Bulgaria. In

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TEDxVitosha2020 – The event that you don’t want to miss

January 16, 2020January 22, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Eurovision

TEDxVitosha is coming our way with high speed. Besides the terrific speakers, on January 25, we are going to hear

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