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Month: July 2017

Bulgaria 

Brexit: Bulgaria formally joins the race to take over the hosting of the European Medicines Agency

July 31, 2017August 2, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Brexit

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has decided to nominate Sofia to host the European Medicines Agency, one of two major European Union bodies

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria H1 2017 Budget surplus at 1.75B leva

July 31, 2017July 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2017 was 1.75 billion leva, or

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Bulgaria 

Former MP from Borissov’s GERB party faces six criminal charges, including for threatening murder

July 31, 2017August 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgaria’s special anti-corruption unit at the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has lodged charges against Zhivko Martinov, formerly an MP for

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Business 

Unemployment in Bulgaria falls to new low, 5.9% in June 2017 – Eurostat

July 31, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria has dropped to a new low, at 5.9 per cent in June 2017, down from 7.8 per

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Business 

Less than 5 per cent of Bulgarian enterprises started in 2010 were still in business five years later – statistics institute

July 31, 2017August 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Just 4.8 per cent of enterprises founded in Bulgaria in 2010 were still in business in 2015, according to a

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Bulgaria 

More than half of Bulgarians cannot afford a week’s holiday away from home – Eurostat

July 31, 2017August 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

More than half of Bulgarians cannot afford a week’s holiday away from home, making them among the worst-off in the

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: More than 80 mediaeval tombs found at Bulgaria’s Perperikon

July 29, 2017August 1, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Professor Nikolai Ovcharov’s archaeological team working at the ancient sacred site of Perperikon in Bulgaria has discovered more than 80

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist politician accused in people-trafficking case resigns from Simeonov’s party

July 28, 2017July 31, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

Anelia Veleva, co-ordinator of Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s far-right National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria party in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian National Assembly adopts calendar of events for 2018 EU Presidency

July 28, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgaria EU presidency

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 28, at its final sitting before the summer recess, to approve the calendar of

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