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Month: December 2017

Bulgaria 

Exacta poll: Bulgarian PM Borissov’s GERB has 28% support, opposition socialists at 21%

December 21, 2017December 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Nine months into Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s third term, his centre-right GERB party remains the political force with the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog fines electricity firms CEZ, EVN 6M leva

December 21, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s competition regulator said on December 21 that it found energy groups CEZ and EVN guilty of using unfair trade

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Bulgaria 

Sole bidder in Bulgaria’s Navy patrol ships tender drops out

December 20, 2017December 22, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov

Bulgaria’s plans to build two new Navy patrol ships have suffered a setback on December 20, when Defence Minister Krassimir

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament passes controversial anti-corruption law

December 20, 2017January 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs adopted on December 20 a new law that will set up a single body to oversee the fight

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition backtracks on NHIF Budget moratorium on payments for new drugs

December 20, 2017January 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s opposition parties scored a rare victory on December 20, when the country’s ruling coalition agreed to amend the 2018

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian special court holds first hearing in trial of Bourgas Airport terrorist attack accused

December 19, 2017December 20, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas terrorist attack

After nine unsuccessful attempts dating back to September 2016, Bulgaria’s Special Criminal Court finally held the first hearing, on December

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-October 2017 was 855.5M euro

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

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first 10 months of the year stood at 855.5 million euro, the equivalent

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Europe 

Eleven people arrested in Balkan trans-border sports corruption investigation – Europol

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

Slovenian police have arrested 11 people, dismantling an international crime syndicate involved in sports corruption and illegal betting, with the

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Bulgaria 

Church of Greece ‘concerned’ by Bulgarian Orthodox Church decision on Macedonia church

December 18, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The holy synod of the Church of Greece has expressed concern about the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s decision to hold talks

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