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Day: September 16, 2016

Bulgaria 

IMF raises Bulgaria’s growth forecast for 2016 to 3%

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the resilience of Bulgaria’s economy and described current macroeconomic developments as “encouraging”, raising

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Bulgaria 

Borissov in Bratislava: Bulgaria needs concrete support for border security

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov showed German chancellor Angela Merkel a map as they held a brief conversation in Bratislava,

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-July 2016 was 987.3M euro

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2016 stood at 987.3 million euro, the equivalent of

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Leisure 

Wizz Air to resume Sofia-Varna flights in 2017

September 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Low-cost airline Wizz Air said on September 16 that it would resume flights between capital city Sofia and the Black

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s refugee centres are 93% per cent full

September 16, 2016September 20, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Ninety-three per cent of the capacity of the refugee centres in Bulgaria is filled, State Agency for Refugees head Petya

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Europe 

Strike to halt operations at Greek ports on September 22 and 23

September 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

A 48-hour strike is to halt operations at Greece’s seaports on September 22 and 23, a time during which many

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