CEZ board approves sale of Bulgarian assets
Czech state-owned utility CEZ said on February 22 that its supervisory board has approved the sale of the group’s assets
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Day: February 22, 2018
Bulgarian prosecutors press charges against former finance minister
Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on February 22 that it has pressed charges against former finance minister Stoyan Alexandrov, who is
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EIB signs 30M euro deal with Raiffeisen Leasing Bulgaria on financing for SMEs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an intermediated loan agreement of 30 million euro with Raiffeisen Leasing Bulgaria to
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Amnesty International slams Bulgaria on treatment of refugees, hate speech, media freedom
Amnesty International has released its international report for 2017/18, in which it slams Bulgaria over its treatment of migrants and
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Macedonia begins removing ‘Alexander the Great’ highway signs
The removal of signs on a national highway in Macedonia calling it “Alexander the Great” began on February 21. In
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Bulgaria had fourth-highest murder rate in EU in 2015 – Eurostat
Among EU countries, Bulgaria had the fourth-highest number of intentional homicide victims as a proportion of its population in 2015,
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Sofia Opera in March 2018: Turandot, Lakmé and Yana’s Nine Brothers
In March 2018, Sofia Opera and Ballet is presenting productions of Puccini’s Turandot, Delibes’s Lakmé and Lyubomir Pipkov’s Yana’s Nine
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Earthquake reported as 4.8 on Richter scale 148km from Bulgarian capital Sofia, 17km from Plovdiv
An earthquake initially reported to have measured 4.8 on the Richter scale, with an epicentre 148km south-east of Bulgarian capital
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