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High-power cable to luxury building in Sofia illegally drained 7000 leva electricity a month

April 21, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Staff of power distribution company CEZ and police have discovered that a high-power cable had been used to illegally supply

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Bulgaria 

Three arrested for smoking marijuana in decriminalisation protest in front of Bulgaria’s Parliament

April 20, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Three people were arrested on April 20 while smoking marijuana in front of the National Assembly building in Sofia, Bulgarian

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460 measles cases registered in Bulgaria, placing it sixth in Europe

April 20, 2019April 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

There are currently 460 cases of measles in Bulgaria, ranking it sixth in Europe, Chief State Health Inspector Associate Professor

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WJC calls on European governments to condemn gatherings in Sofia and elsewhere planned for Hitler’s birthday

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

As neo-Nazis and extremists prepare to gather in Sofia and elsewhere in Europe this weekend on the date of Adolf

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Bulgaria 

Telephone fraudsters robbed Bulgarians of 8M leva in 2018 – Interior Ministry

April 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Telephone fraudsters robbed Bulgarians of eight million leva (about four million euro) in 2018 and of close to two million

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns on measles epidemic in North Macedonia

April 19, 2019April 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to the country’s citizens about the measles epidemic that has been declared in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge 7, including two former road agency bosses, over Svoge fatal bus crash

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia District Prosecutor’s Office has lodged criminal charges against two former members of the Road Infrastructure Agency board of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian capital Sofia to buy 10 trams from Prague

April 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The city council in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia voted on April 18 to approve the purchase for 400 000 leva (about

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Bulgaria 

Notre-Dame fire: Bulgarian Orthodox Church expresses ‘deepest support’ for the French people

April 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Neofit said on April 18 that the church had learnt with a broken heart about

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