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Day: February 8, 2017

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Bulgaria caretaker PM fires road agency bosses over fatal tunnel incident

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Ognyan Gerdzhikov fired the chairman of the Road Infrastructure Agency board and the executive director of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Government approves extra spending for machine voting – but sum not known

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s caretaker Cabinet has approved extra spending on the country’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections to enable machine voting at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has accepted 29 asylum-seekers from Greece under EU relocation scheme

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Since the European Union adopted its relocation scheme for asylum-seekers in September 2015, Bulgaria has accepted 29 from Greece and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker cabinet changes half of country’s regional governors

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian caretaker Cabinet headed by Ognyan Gerdzhikov announced on February 8 that it had changed 14 of the 28

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Business 

Bulgarian exports to EU rose 6.8% y/y in January – November 2016, but trade balance negative

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s exports to other European Union countries in January to November 2016 were 6.8 per cent higher than in January

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Bulgaria 

Shocking? Bulgaria’s bitter winter weather causes high electricity bills

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Plovdiv, Sofia

In what is hardly a surprise development, the prolonged sub-zero winter weather in Bulgaria in January has resulted in high

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Perspectives 

British Bulgarian Business Association response to Theresa May’s Brexit speech

February 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The British Bulgarian Business Association (BBBA) chairman has been approached by H.E. Emma Hopkins OBE, British ambassador to Bulgaria, with

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