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Month: July 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.9% inflation in June

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.9 per cent inflation in June, after monthly figures showed 0.5 per cent

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Bulgaria 

European Commission warns Bulgaria to get into line on tax rulings, anti-trust damages actions rules

July 13, 2017July 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

Bulgaria is among European Union countries that the European Commission has sent a reasoned opinion because of its failure to

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Bulgaria 

Court to examine application to extradite Bulgarian village mayor to Spain on people-trafficking charges

July 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Regional Court in the Bulgarian town of Pazardzhik was due on July 13 to examine an application to extradite

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament votes to reimburse police who had to pay for their own uniforms

July 13, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on July 13 the second reading of amendments that will provide for the Interior Ministry to

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Europe 

Balkan states sit in endless EU waiting room as Trieste summit begins

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 Deutsche Welle Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

“The future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” European Union leaders made this declaration during the 2003 EU-Western

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Bulgaria 

Plovdiv had the most fatal car accidents per capita in Bulgaria in 2016 – union of motorists

July 12, 2017July 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv had the highest rate of fatal road accidents per capita in the country in 2016, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria and Greece to sign memorandum on development of Thessaloniki – Rousse multimodal transport corridor

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Bulgaria’s government said on July 12 that it had approved a draft memorandum of understanding on the development of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Interior Minister: Anti-organised crime directorate’s new software is only for downloading data from mobile devices already seized

July 12, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

New software bought by Bulgaria’s Chief Directorate for Combating Organised Crime is only for downloading information from mobile devices already

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government foresees ‘extremely intensive work’ in preparing for 2018 EU presidency

July 12, 2017July 14, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The efforts of all bodies and institutions involved in preparations for Bulgaria to hold the presidency of the EU in

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