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Month: June 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.3% inflation in May

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

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.3 per cent inflation in May, after monthly figures showed 0.3 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms party expels mayor of Hitrino over slow recovery of blast-hit town

June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian opposition party the Movement for Rights and Freedoms has expelled the mayor of Hitrino and the leader of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s jet fighter acquisition: Gripen hopes negotiations will start after summer

June 14, 2017June 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

SAAB hopes that the Bulgarian government will start negotiations with it on the acquisition of Gripen multi-role jet fighters and

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Europe 

Zaev: We are sending a message for a new future regarding our cooperation with Greece

June 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

Macedonia’s prime minister Zoran Zaev  commented to journalists on the visit by foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov to Greece, saying that the

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Bulgaria 

Turkish PM Yıldırım thanks Borissov for Bulgaria’s support during attempted coup

June 13, 2017June 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Turkey

In talks in Ankara on June 13, Turkish prime minister Binali Yıldırım thanked his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov for his

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian presidential aide refuses to resign over photos of him dressed as Hitler

June 13, 2017June 14, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Plamen Uzunov, Bulgarian President Roumen Radev’s secretary for anti-corruption and who was interior minister in the January 2017 caretaker government,

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Bulgaria 

Nine suspects arrested in Bulgaria in bust of international network of payment card fraudsters

June 13, 2017June 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Nine suspects were arrested in Bulgaria as part of an international police operation against a network of payment card fraudsters

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Bulgaria 

6.4 Richter scale earthquake in Aegean Sea felt in Bulgarian capital Sofia

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

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale struck at a point in the Aegean Sea on the afternoon of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria will use EU Presidency to advocate European future of Western Balkans – PM and President

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and President Roumen Radev used separate talks on June 12 with visiting chairman of the

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