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Month: July 2017

Business 

Bulgarian exports in January – May 2017 were 15.7% higher than in January – May 2016 – statistics institute

July 10, 2017July 11, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

In January to May 2017, the value of all goods exported from Bulgaria added up to 20.5 billion leva, about

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-organised crime directorate now able to monitor social network communications – report

July 10, 2017July 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Chief Directorate for Combating Organised Crime now has software that can access information from communications online on Facebook, Viber,

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Bulgaria 

Suspected arson attempt on crane halts work on dismantling of controversial ‘1300 years of Bulgaria’ monument in Sofia

July 9, 2017July 11, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

A fire at a giant crane in the early hours of July 9, in what was suspected to be an

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: Sole requirement in jet fighter acquisition is that they should be new

July 7, 2017July 10, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 7 that his sole requirement in the process of acquiring jet fighters

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian leaders determined to push ahead on good-neighbourly pact with Skopje

July 7, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov on July 7 again insisted that it was in his country’s interest to support the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister: Government to postpone talks on acquisition of new fighter jet

July 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government will not begin negotiations on the acquisition of a new fighter jet until the parliamentary ad hoc committee

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Business 

Bulgaria anti-trust regulator accuses electricity distribution firms of unfair trade practices

July 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on July 6 that the country’s three electricity distribution providers engaged in

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Sport 

Grigor Dimitrov glides into Wimbledon third round

July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov took just over an hour and 40 minutes to book his progress to the third round of the Wimbledon

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Bulgaria 

Dossier Commission names two of President Radev’s staff as former State Security people

July 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body charged by law with exposing people in public life who worked for the country’s communist-era

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