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Day: August 16, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.9% economic growth in Q2 2017 – flash estimate

August 16, 2017August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.9 per cent growth in the second quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Speed camera records Latvian driver doing 152km/h in 60km/h zone in Bulgaria’s Shoumen

August 16, 2017August 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A BMW with a Latvian registration was recorded travelling at 152km/h in a 60km/h zone in the region of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has highest ratio to GDP of government spending on public order and safety in EU – Eurostat

August 16, 2017August 18, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Among all European Union countries in 2015, the ratio to GDP of government spending on “public order and safety” was

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Business 

Bulgarian government awards 27-year concession for Plovdiv intermodal transport terminal

August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

At a regular meeting on August 16, the Bulgarian government awarded a 27-year concession to the Terminali company for the

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Bulgaria 

In Bulgaria, minority religious groups report assaults, Jews complain about hate speech and Lukov March

August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In Bulgaria, minority religious groups, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), while Muslims reported

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Bulgaria 

Protest, threats of court action against Bulgarian deputy PM over Sunny Beach raids

August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Organisers who cancelled a DJ festival at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast because of the series of raids of places of

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