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Bulgaria’s nationalist Deputy PM throws spanner in works about N Macedonia’s EU hopes

September 29, 2019October 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

A Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and leader of a nationalist party, Krassimir Karakachanov, has thrown cold water on support for

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Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Refusal of Ivancheva’s candidacy for Sofia mayor overturned

September 28, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has overturned a ruling by the Sofia municipal election commission that barred former Mladost district

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with head of American Jewish Committee

September 28, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s active co-operation with the American Jewish community has an important role to play, both in the development of bilateral

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Broadcast regulator gives head of Bulgarian National Radio a week to resign

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Three months after appointing him, broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has given Bulgarian National Radio Svetoslav Kostov

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Record number of foreign tourists in Bulgaria in August 2019 – statistics institute

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in August 2019 was 3.8 per cent higher than in August 2018,

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Angelkova: 346 000 people employed in Bulgaria’s tourism industry

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There are about 27 000 enterprises involved in the hotel and restaurant business in Bulgaria and more than 346 000

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Radev at UN: Bulgaria supports European integration of Western Balkans as investment in stability

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, President Roumen Radev reiterated Bulgaria’s consistent support for the integration of the Western Balkans

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House prices in Bulgaria rose 17.2% between 2010 and 2018

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

House prices in Bulgaria increased by 17.2 per cent between 2010 and 2018, going by figures released on September 27

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300 Bulgarian judges sign letter defending Court of Appeals ruling on Palfreeman

September 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 300 Bulgarian judges have signed a letter defending the ruling by the Court of Appeals in Sofia releasing Australian

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