The Sofia Globe during the Festive Season
The Sofia Globe will continue to report the most important news from around Bulgaria, Europe and the rest of the
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Day: December 20, 2013
Bulgarian regulator announces plan for new electricity price cuts
Electricity prices for Bulgarian households will be reduced by one per cent starting January 1 2014, the recently-appointed head of
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Reformist Bloc’s five parties sign political union agreement
The five member parties of Bulgaria’s Reformist Bloc signed an agreement transforming the bloc into a political union on December
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Bulgarian Parliament passes bill on offshore firms
Bulgaria’s Parliament passed at second reading on December 20 a bill regulating the activity of offshore companies in the country,
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AmCham Bulgaria donates 15 000 leva to two charity initiatives
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bulgaria donated 10 000 leva to the Bulgarian Christmas (Булгарска Коледа) charity initiative
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Bulgaria mulls hiring lobbying firm to counter smears over UK migrant hysteria
Bulgaria is considering hiring a lobbying company to respond to the powerful anti-immigration campaign in the United Kingdom, where media
Read moreApproval rating of police in Bulgaria plummets – poll
The public approval rating in Bulgaria of the police has fallen 13 per cent since summer 2013, opinion survey agency
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Putin pardons jailed tycoon Khodorkovsky
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to pardon jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has been in detention
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EU loses AAA rating from S&P
Credit ratings agency Standard&Poor’s said on December 20 that it cut the European Union’s supranational rating from AAA to AA+
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