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Day: June 1, 2015

Bulgaria 

Sirens to sound in Bulgaria on June 2 2015 to honour memory of Hristo Botev

June 1, 2015May 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Across Bulgaria, sirens will sound at noon on June 2 2015 in an annual custom honouring the memory of revolutionary,

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Business 

Bulgaria and Serbia talk up expansion of economic co-operation

June 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Bulgaria’s economy minister and Serbia’s mining and energy minister have issued calls to boost economic co-operation between their countries. “Bulgaria

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Business 

Bulgaria Customs Agency to investigate Lukoil refinery

June 1, 2015June 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency has started an audit of the Neftochim oil refinery, owned by Russian oil conglomerate Lukoil, to investigate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria joins in annual EU traffic police campaign against drink-driving

June 1, 2015June 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

From June 1 to 7, Bulgarian traffic police will test motorists for alcohol, narcotic and psychotropic substances, as part of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Budget surplus swells to 1.07B leva in April

June 1, 2015June 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus grew to 1.07 billion leva, or 1.3 per cent of

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Bulgaria 

PM: Bulgarian govt spent six months on urgent problems, now looking at the longer term

June 1, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, IMF, World Bank

Bulgaria’s government is working to ensure political stability in Bulgaria and improving the country’s international reputation, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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Bulgaria’s summer 2015 seaside tourist season officially opens

June 1, 2015June 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Bourgas, tourism, Varna

Bulgaria’s Black Sea tourism season 2015 officially opened on June 1. At the central beach in Bourgas, the city on

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Varna to offer free city tours in summer 2015

June 1, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Varna

From June 15 until the end of the 2015 summer season, Bulgaria’s Black Sea capital Varna will again offer free-of-charge

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