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Bulgaria’s European Parliament election: PM has not broken campaign rules, election commission says

May 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova

The Central Election Commission has rejected a claim by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) that Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has

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Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister: Sharp increase in tourists from Ukraine, UK, Israel in summer 2019

May 10, 2019May 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

There are significant increases in the number of tourists coming to Bulgaria for the 2019 summer season from Ukraine, the

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Exhibition ‘The Rediscovered World of Old Europe’ opens at Plovdiv Archaeological Museum on May 14

May 10, 2019May 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

An exhibition entitled “The Rediscovered World of Old Europe” displaying archaeological discoveries from all over Bulgaria – with an insured

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Bulgaria busts group that organised fake marriages for Indians and Pakistanis seeking EU residence

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Four people have been taken into custody in an operation against an organised crime group that arranged fake marriages for

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French-Turkish tie-up offers highest annual fee in Sofia Airport concession tender

May 9, 2019May 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry opened the bids in the concession tender for Sofia Airport on May 9, with the consortium between

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: No response so far to Mensa invitation to IQ test

May 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

A total of 318 people, counting the candidates of parties and coalitions and those standing as independents, are competing for

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections 2019: Voting abroad at 191 polling stations in 64 countries

May 9, 2019May 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian European elections 2019

Bulgarians abroad will be able to vote in the May 26 European Parliament elections at 191 polling stations in 64

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Bulgaria’s European Parliament elections: Radev, socialists accuse GERB of using state money to campaign

May 9, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria European elections 2019, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

A day after the Bulgarian Socialist Party lodged complaints alleging that Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party was using state

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Bulgarian railways offering Sofia-Bankya steam train excursion on May 18

May 9, 2019May 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering a steam train excursion on May 18, with the train pulled by the 1931

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