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Day: June 28, 2017

Bulgaria 

Saab: Bulgarian former defence minister’s claims about Gripen ceasing production and being in scant demand are misleading and factually wrong

June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Claims by Bulgarian former defence minister Boiko Noev in a June 28 television interview, including that there was scant demand

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Bulgaria 

Eight bilateral business associations in Bulgaria in joint call to authorities on rule of law and judicial reform

June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff judiciary

Eight business associations in Bulgaria have joined in signing a position statement on the rule of law and judicial reform

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Bulgaria 

Radev, Iohannis to seek closer ties as Bulgaria and Romania prepare to host EU presidency

June 28, 2017June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Roumen Radev

Less than a week after visiting Greece, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s diplomatic forays took him to the country’s other European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament sets up ad hoc committee to probe fighter jet acquisition process

June 28, 2017January 9, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on June 28 to set up an ad hoc committee to examine the carrying out of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines MP Mareshki’s Pharmnet 495 000 leva

June 28, 2017June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on June 28 that it has fined Pharmnet, which owns a number

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to open honorary consulate in Belfast

June 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved, at a regular meeting on June 28, the opening of an honorary consulate in Belfast. The opening

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Bulgaria 

From Gripens to the skirmish of Svishtov: War of words between Bulgarian President and Borissov’s GERB goes on

June 28, 2017July 1, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tensions between Bulgarian President Roumen Radev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party are continuing, following the accusation by GERB

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Business 

Poll: Bulgarian business climate worsened slightly in June 2017

June 28, 2017July 1, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found a sliver of gloominess grow in managers’ opinions

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Bulgaria 

Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria condemns attack on Muslim leader’s family in Sofia

June 28, 2017July 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgarian Jewish organisations, in a statement on June 28, condemned the previous day’s assault on the wife and two daughters

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