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Day: May 5, 2015

Business 

Bulgaria invites ExxonMobil to bid for Black Sea exploration licences

May 5, 2015May 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgarian Parliament’s energy committee chairperson Delyan Dobrev met with officials from ExxonMobil to invite the company to bid on the

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Bulgaria 

EU spring economic forecast raises Bulgaria 2015 growth estimate

May 5, 2015May 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, macroeconomic indicators

European Commission’s spring forecast for the EU economy, released on May 5, raised the economic growth estimate in the 28-country

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Bulgaria 

Court rejects bill of indictment against former deputy speaker of Bulgarian Parliament

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Sofia City Court ruled on May 5 to dismiss the case brought by prosecutors against former deputy speaker of Bulgarian

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Sport 

Grigor Dimitrov makes flying start in Madrid Masters

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov advanced to the second round of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament after his first-round opponent, American Donald

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Bulgaria 

Russophiles in Bulgaria organise own Soviet Victory Day celebrations

May 5, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Russia

A committee is organising its own celebrations in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities and towns of the 70th anniversary of

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Business 

Public holidays costing business hundreds of millions – Bulgarian chamber of commerce

May 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Public holidays are costing Bulgarian companies hundreds of millions of leva in losses, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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