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Month: February 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry confirms former ambassador Poptodorova detained in Warsaw Airport incident

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on February 28 that Elena Poptodorova, formerly the country’s long-time ambassador to the United States, had

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January 2017 Budget surplus at 884.2M leva

February 28, 2017March 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first month of 2017 was 884.2 million leva, or

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Bulgaria 

Shell finishes initial exploration of Bulgaria’s Black Sea shelf

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Royal Dutch Shell concluded exploration activities on Bulgaria’s Black Sea shelf last month, where it holds the licence for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Question mark over Borissov – Ninova TV debate

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

A day ahead of a proposed live television debate between GERB leader Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia

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Business 

Business climate in Bulgaria’s construction and service industries slightly improved in February – poll

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers’ views of the business climate in

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Europe 

Macedonian social democrat leader expects mandate to form government

February 28, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The leader of the social democrats in the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, has delivered to the country’s president Gjorge

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Bulgaria 

Could the lack of voting machines sink Bulgaria’s March parliamentary elections?

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The fact that there will not be voting machines at all polling stations in Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary

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Bulgaria 

Deluges of promises and insults unleashed as Bulgarian election campaigns begin

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

With sideswipes at opponents and waves of promises, Bulgaria’s political parties and coalitions have begun their official campaigns ahead of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Borissov’s GERB has narrow lead over BSP – Alpha Research

February 27, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

The official campaign month ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections sees Boiko Borissov’s GERB party with a

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