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Day: April 12, 2017

Bulgaria 

Borissov meets MRF in bid for ‘maximum support’ during Bulgaria’s EU presidency

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party leader Boiko Borissov, expected within weeks to again become prime minister, held talks with the Movement

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Business 

British American Tobacco to buy Bulgartabac brands, distribution unit

April 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

British American Tobacco (BAT) said on April 12 that it has reached an agreement with Bulgaria’s former state tobacco monopoly

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.9% inflation in March

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.9 per cent inflation in March, despite shrinking by 0.5 per cent compared

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Bulgaria 

Handing MiG-29 engine overhaul contract to Poland was better deal for Bulgaria than with Russia, Nenchev trial told

April 12, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Russia

The conditions offered by Poland to overhaul the engines of the Bulgarian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jets were better than

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s population decreased again in 2016 – National Statistical Institute

April 12, 2017April 15, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

The trend of Bulgaria’s population decreasing continued again in 2016, with a fall of 0.7 per cent compared with 2015,

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Bulgaria 

More than half of emigrants from Bulgaria in 2016 were aged 20 to 39 – statistics institute

April 12, 2017April 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 30 570 people registered a change of address to a destination outside Bulgaria in 2016, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s marriage rate is down while the divorce rate is up – official

April 12, 2017April 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The rate of marriage in Bulgaria is in decline while the divorce rate has risen, the country’s National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

GERB negotiator: New Bulgarian government will be formed after Easter

April 12, 2017April 13, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Delyan Dobrev, a negotiator for Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party, said on April 12 that Bulgaria would have a new

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