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Month: March 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s coalition government talks: Nationalists want ministerial posts but have ‘no extraordinary claims’

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s nationalist United Patriots coalition wants to have seats in a future GERB cabinet but is making no “extraordinary claims”

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Business 

Foreign tourist visits to Bulgaria jump by close to 19% in first two months of 2017

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

The number of visits by foreign tourists to Bulgaria in January and February 2017 was 18.6 per cent higher than

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Business 

Early birds: First charter tourists arrive at Bulgaria’s Black Sea for 2017 summer season

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

The summer season at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast “starts today”, public broadcaster Bulgarian National Radio said on March 30 2017,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog ends fuel cartel investigation without fines

March 29, 2017March 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

For the second time in less than five years, the Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) ended an investigation into

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist leader Simeonov pushes talk of broad ‘German coalition’ government

March 29, 2017March 30, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Kornelia Ninova

In spite of repeated insistence by GERB leader Boiko Borissov and Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Kornelia Ninova that they will not

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Business 

Germany was Bulgaria’s top trading partner in exports and imports in 2016 – Eurostat

March 29, 2017January 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Germany was Bulgaria’s number one trading partner in exports and imports in 2016, according to figures released by EU statistics

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Business 

Survey finds increased optimism about business climate in Bulgaria in March 2017

March 29, 2017March 29, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly survey of the business climate in Bulgaria by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) saw an increase of

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Bulgaria 

False start for the third time in Bulgarian special court trial of Bourgas Airport terrorist attack accused

March 29, 2017March 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Bourgas terrorist attack

For the third time, Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court has not proceeded with the trial of two accused of involvement in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had highest road accident death rate in the EU in 2016 – official

March 29, 2017March 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria had the highest road fatality rate of any European Union country in 2016, according to figures released by the

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