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Day: April 18, 2017

Business 

Bulgarians’ household income up by 1.5 times in past eight years – but spending has risen at the same rate

April 18, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

The average income of a member of a Bulgarian household increased about 1.5 times from 2008 to 2016, but spending

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Bulgaria 

Borissov’s GERB nominates Dimitar Glavchev to be Speaker of the National Assembly

April 18, 2017April 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova

Boiko Borissov’s GERB party’s parliamentary group has decided unanimously to nominate Dimitar Glavchev to be Speaker of the new National

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new National Assembly: A handful of generals, a model, a football referee and a gaggle of lawyers

April 18, 2017April 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017

Bulgaria’s 44th National Assembly will hold its first sitting on April 19 2017, and the general election that produced it

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria on Turkish referendum: ‘Only possible path to national consensus is compliance with basic democratic norms’

April 18, 2017April 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Turkey

Given the close results of the April 16 referendum in Turkey, the only possible path to national consensus is compliance

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Bulgaria 

Close to 90 per cent of Bulgarians own their own homes, statistics for 2016 show

April 18, 2017April 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

About 89.7 per cent of Bulgarian households are living in dwellings that they own and 6.3 per cent live in

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Bulgaria 

In past eight years, Bulgarians have cut spending on bread, booze and cigarettes

April 18, 2017April 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Between 2008 and 2016, Bulgarians cut down on buying bread while consuming more fruit and vegetables – and they drank

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