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Bulgaria’s European elections: GERB victory ‘categorical’ – Borissov

May 31, 2019June 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

The analysis of Bulgaria’s 2019 European Parliament elections is that GERB’s victory is clear and the resignations in the Bulgarian

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Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 2019 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

May 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Across Bulgaria, sirens will sound at noon on June 2 2019 in an annual custom honouring the memory of revolutionary,

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Tsvetanov quits all leadership posts in Bulgarian PM’s GERB party

May 30, 2019June 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tsvetan Tsvetanov has resigned from all leadership posts in Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party. The resignation has

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Bulgaria’s road agency announces arrangements for motorways in summer 2019

May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency said on May 30 that because of the expected heavy traffic to the seaside during the

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World No Tobacco Day: 20% of cancer cases in Bulgaria are lung cancer

May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

About 20 per cent of cancer cases in Bulgaria are lung cancer, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said in figures

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Measles cases in Bulgaria head for 800 mark

May 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 792 cases of measles have been registered in Bulgaria since February 12, Professor Todor Kantardzhiev, director of

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Archaeology: Finds at Forum site in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv ‘change view of history’

May 30, 2019June 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

Artefacts found at the Forum West site in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv change the understanding of the history of the

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Bulgaria electoral body announces final tally of May 2019 European Parliament elections

May 30, 2019June 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission has announced the final results of Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections held on May 26, but held

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Bulgaria drops Saudi firm Arkad as gas grid capacity expansion contractor

May 29, 2019June 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s gas grid operator Bulgartransgaz has changed its decision in the tender to design and build the expansion of Bulgaria’s

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