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Month: February 2017

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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Bulgaria 

Ivanov’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ gets 20 000 signatures in a day, overshooting target for election registration

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

Former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s “Yes Bulgaria” faced a target of getting 3000 signatures in a day to register a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria resumes electricity exports after break of almost four weeks

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s caretaker Energy Minister Nikolai Pavlov has ordered the resumption of the country’s electricity exports as of February 9, after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party signs election coalition deal with five parties including communists

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The Bulgarian Socialist Party has signed an election coalition agreement with five other parties for the country’s March 2017 early

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence increased in January 2017 – NSI poll

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Confidence among Bulgarian consumers was 2.5 percentage points higher in January 2017 than it was in October 2016, the National

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s nine most dangerous roads listed, based on road deaths in 2016

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry has announced the country’s nine most dangerous roads, based on statistics on road deaths and injuries in

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Bulgaria 

Hristo Ivanov’s ‘Yes Bulgaria’ scrambles for signatures to stay in March 2017 elections

February 7, 2017March 9, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, judiciary

At key points in Sofia on February 7, volunteers from former justice minister Hristo Ivanov’s “Yes Bulgaria” asked passersby for

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