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Month: September 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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Bulgaria 

Three-quarters of Bulgarian primary school pupils are learning English – Eurostat

September 25, 2017September 26, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

About 74.5 per cent of Bulgarian primary school pupils are studying English as a foreign language, according to statistics released

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Europe 

German election results live: Angela Merkel’s CDU largest party, record low for SPD, AfD to be third power in Bundestag

September 24, 2017September 24, 2017 Deutsche Welle Germany

What we know so far:  — Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats stretch their lead as the strongest force in parliament, despite

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Business 

Wizz Air discontinues three flight connections from Sofia to the UK

September 24, 2017October 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Wizz Air will discontinue its flights from the Bulgarian capital Sofia to Birmingham, Bristol, and Doncaster/Sheffield as of November 6

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