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Bulgaria to grant 200 000 leva to aid Albania recover from earthquake

November 26, 2019November 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Albania

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry is to grant 200 000 leva (about 100 000 euro) to assist Albania’s recovery from the November

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Bulgaria 

Interior Minister: Bulgaria ready to send crews, equipment to aid earthquake-hit Albania

November 26, 2019November 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Albania

Bulgaria is ready to send rescue crews and equipment to Albania to help track down injured people and deal with

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Bulgaria 

Signing of hosting agreements for EU’s eight supercomputers, one in Bulgaria

November 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Earlier this year, eight supercomputing centres in eight EU countries, among them Bulgaria, were selected as hosting entities for the European High Performance

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Bulgaria had largest increase in household gas prices in EU

November 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Between the first half of 2018 and the first half of 2019, the largest increase in household gas prices in

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Bulgaria 

Report: Heroin mainly enters EU at land border-crossing points in Bulgaria and Greece

November 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Heroin mainly enters the EU at land border-crossing points in Bulgaria and Greece, according to the EU Drug Markets Report

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Traffic Police in seven-day operation against speeding

November 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Traffic Police have begun a seven-day special operation against speeding. The leading causes of road accidents in Bulgaria are

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Bulgaria 

After the Trump-Borissov meeting: The joint statement

November 26, 2019November 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

This is the full text of the joint statement after the November 25 meeting at the White House between US

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Bulgaria 

Rotogravure in Washington: Trump meets Borissov

November 25, 2019November 26, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Bulgarian media reported, with some breathlessness, that should US President Donald Trump receive an invitation to visit Bulgaria’s capital city

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EC approves 94M euro state aid for waste-to-energy co-generation plant in Sofia

November 25, 2019November 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on November 25 that it has approved Bulgaria’s request for about 94 million euro in state

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