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Bulgaria’s pupil-teacher ratio at primary school level just above EU average – Eurostat

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The pupil-teacher ratio at primary school level in Bulgaria in 2017 was 15.3, just above the average for the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria charges head of Russophile movement with espionage for Russia

September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Russophile National Movement in Bulgaria, Nikolai Malinov, has been accused of espionage and former KGB general

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel nominated to be European Commissioner for Innovation and Youth

September 10, 2019September 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Maria Gabriel

Bulgaria’s Mariya Gabriel is being nominated for the Innovation and Youth portfolio in the next European Commission, EC President-elect Ursula

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: Spread of African Swine Fever a global problem

September 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency African Swine Fever, Boiko Borissov

The spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) is not only a regional but also a global problem, which means huge

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry reports increase in attempts at illegal crossings from Greece

September 10, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Refugees

Additional police and gendarmerie teams have been sent to the Bulgarian-Greek border following an increase in attempts by migrants to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian authorities probe new case of sale of Nazi memorabilia in Sozopol

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A complaint by a foreign citizen about the sale of Nazi memorabilia in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort town Sozopol is

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition ‘Sofia: From the first tramway to the last metro stop’ opens on September 11

September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

An exhibition entitled “Sofia: From the first tramway to the last metro stop” opens to the public at the Sofia

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Bulgaria 

British Airways flights between London and Sofia cancelled on second day of pilots strike

September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

British Airways flights between London Heathrow and Sofia Airport were cancelled on September 10, the second day of a two-day

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President’s office speaks on explicit photos of girlfriend of Sofia mayoral candidate

September 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria local elections 2019, Media, Roumen Radev

More than four days after outrage erupted over the posting on a Bulgarian “media” website of explicit photos of sex

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