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Day: February 9, 2017

Business 

Bulgaria’s exports in 2016 were 2.6% higher than 2015 – NSI

February 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports in 2016 were 2.6 per cent higher than in 2015, but exports to non-EU countries dropped by 5.9

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian customs officers seize 2356 litres of illegal rakiya – from two monasteries

February 9, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria’s Customs Agency has confiscated 2356 litres of illegal rakiya – the country’s traditional distilled spirit – from the Bachkovo

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Bulgaria 

February 2017 penumbral lunar eclipse to be visible from Sofia – clouds permitting

February 9, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff final frontier

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will be among places from which the penumbral lunar eclipse in the early hours of February 11

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Bulgaria 

Protesting Greek farmers determined to block borders, railways, motorways

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

Greek farmers protesting against tax and social security reforms are determined to block all border crossings, railway lines and major

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: There’s even a Coalition of the Dissatisfied

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

Eighteen parties and nine coalitions have applied to the Central Election Commission for registration to take part in Bulgaria’s March

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