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Month: September 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian parliamentary committee calls for going back to square one on fighter jet acquisition

September 19, 2017September 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Roumen Radev

A day after Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov voiced doubt that Gripen was the best choice for a new fighter

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-July 2017 was 431.8M euro

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2017 stood at 431.8 million euro, the equivalent of

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Business 

Ryanair cancels 22 flights between Sofia and London

September 19, 2017December 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Europe’s largest airline, the low coast carrier Ryanair, has cancelled hundreds of flights between September 19 and the end of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church Vidin Metropolitan Dometian dies

September 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Vidin, Dometian, has died after a long illness, the Holy Synod said on September

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Business 

Demand for serviced apartments in Sofia expected to peak in H1 2018 because of EU Presidency

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

The Presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among EU member states every six months – and from

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.4% inflation in August

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.4 per cent inflation in August, after monthly figures showed 0.1 per cent inflation,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemns vandalism of gravestones in Jewish part of Sofia cemetery

September 15, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said on September 15 that it condemned the vandalism of gravestones in the Jewish section of Central

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Bulgaria 

TV showman seeking ‘talented, qualified, and moral’ Bulgarians to run the country

September 15, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

After years of speculation that he intended entering politics, Bulgarian television showman Slavi Trifonov said on September 15 that he

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Europe 

Juncker: ‘I don’t intend to force countries to join the euro if they are not willing or not able to do so’

September 15, 2017September 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has defended his proposal, announced in the European Parliament in an annual speech on September

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