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Month: August 2017

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police hand foreign motorists leaflets in four languages on road traffic laws

August 15, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police have begun giving motorists brochures in four languages – Bulgarian, Turkish, German and English – explaining recent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria used covert surveillance illegally against ‘inconvenient’ politicians, judges and journalists, official says

August 15, 2017August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan

There have been cases of the illegal use of covert surveillance equipment against “inconvenient” politicians, members of the judiciary and

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Business 

Bulgarian household income in Q2 2017 up by 9.4% year-on-year – statistics institute

August 15, 2017August 16, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

The total income average per household member in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2017 was 1355 leva (about 693

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Europe 

Turkish tourism sector expects $30 billion loss in revenue

August 15, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

Those involved in the Turkish tourism sector report a huge loss that shows some small signs of recovery but not

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Tourism Minister distances herself from controversial raids in Sunny Beach

August 14, 2017August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Two days after Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist leader Valeri Simeonov led high-profile raids on night clubs and hotels

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.3% inflation in July

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

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.3 per cent inflation in July, down from 1.9 per cent in June

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