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Month: May 2017

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Bulgarian PM Borissov on ‘Nazi salute’ photo scandal: ‘It’s human while on business trips to make such jokes’

May 18, 2017May 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, who accepted the resignation of a deputy minister who became notorious for a photograph of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian ‘Nazi salute’ deputy minister resigns after two days in office

May 17, 2017May 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Regional Development Pavel Tenev resigned on May 17, two days after his appointment, after a furore

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Bulgaria 

Brexit: Bulgaria wants protection for residence, health and pension rights of EU citizens in the UK

May 17, 2017May 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgaria wants protection of acquired rights of EU citizens and their families in the UK after Brexit, according to a

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Europe 

Zaev is mandated to form a new government in Macedonia

May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov mandated today the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev to form a new government. Ivanov said that

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Bulgaria 

Political row in Bulgaria over new nationalist deputy minister’s ‘Nazi salute’ photo

May 17, 2017May 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party has expressed outrage that recently-appointed deputy minister of public works Pavel Tenev, a nominee of

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Bulgaria 

Household income in Bulgaria up by 3.5 per cent in first quarter of 2017 – NSI

May 17, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total income average per household member in Bulgaria during the first quarter of 2017 was 1281 leva (about 655

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Bulgaria 

EC President Juncker proposes Digital Economy and Society portfolio for Bulgaria’s European Commission nominee Maria Gabriel

May 16, 2017May 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Commission

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is proposing to allocate the Digital Economy and Society portfolio to Mariaa Gabriel, the candidate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q1 2017 – flash estimate

May 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.6% inflation in April

May 15, 2017June 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.6 per cent inflation in April, after growing by 0.7 per cent compared

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