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Month: December 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-November 2017 Budget surplus at 2.39B leva

December 29, 2017January 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on December 29 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 11 months of 2017 was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet opens door to second Bansko ski lift with amended Pirin National Park plan

December 28, 2017December 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

At its last sitting of the year, Bulgaria’s government approved on December 28 the amendments to the Pirin National Park

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria maintenance deal on MiG-29 jets postponed to February – Defence Minister

December 28, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov said on December 28 that the planned four-year framework agreement for the maintenance of 15 Bulgarian

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s EU Presidency: High road and low road

December 28, 2017December 31, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria EU presidency

The commemorative coin and souvenir ties have run off the production lines, the main venue is prepared, and the priorities

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Bulgaria 

Rossen Plevneliev: ‘We haven’t put socialism in the museum’

December 28, 2017September 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The former President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Rossen Plevneliev, has called on Bulgaria to come to terms with its

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Bulgaria 

The Sofia Globe wishes you Happy Holidays

December 22, 2017January 7, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia Globe wishes its readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Over the Festive Season, we

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Bulgaria 

MRF founder Dogan nudges party away from backing motion of no confidence

December 22, 2017December 25, 2017 Alex Bivol Ahmed Dogan, Kornelia Ninova

Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – the party led and supported in the main

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Macedonia orthodox church committees meet to discuss autocephaly

December 22, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Committees comprised of senior officials from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Macedonian Orthodox Church met in Sofia to discuss

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs amend 2018 NHIF Budget to strike down moratorium on new drugs payments

December 21, 2017December 25, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Parliament passed on December 21 an amendment to the 2018 Budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), striking

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