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Day: September 26, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government plans staff cuts through merging public service departments

September 26, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian government is launching a project with the World Bank as consultant to reduce the bloated public service administration

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research September 2017 poll: Borissov’s GERB 25.1%, Bulgarian Socialist Party 19.3%

September 26, 2017September 28, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Six months after Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 early parliamentary elections, the picture of support for major political parties is largely

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Bulgaria 

Former United Patriots local leader pleads guilty to people-trafficking charges

September 26, 2017September 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A former local leader of Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria – part of the United Patriots

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov meets United Patriots: ‘No problems in the governing coalition’

September 26, 2017September 27, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko Borissov held talks on September 26 with the three co-leaders of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria begins roadshows on the country’s 2018 EU Presidency

September 26, 2017September 27, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

A series of meetings with Bulgarians in various towns to answer their questions about the country’s priorities for its 2018

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Business 

Economic crisis produced 40% plunge in business trips in EU after 2007 – Eurostat

September 26, 2017September 27, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The number of business trips in the European Union dropped by 40 per cent between 2007 and 2015, the years

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