Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q4 2017 – flash estimate
Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a
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Month: February 2018
Bulgaria’s Plovdiv holds fourth annual ‘Cafe of Tolerance’ gathering
Representatives of various religions and ethnicities were set to gather on February 14 2018 at the Dzhumaya mosque in Bulgaria’s
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Bulgaria hikes pay for MPs, Prime Minister and President
Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his Cabinet, as well as MPs and other public office-bearers are
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Bulgaria electoral authority to ask MPs to defer introduction of electronic voting
Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) tabled a report to the country’s National Assembly recommending that MPs postpone the introduction of
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Bulgaria employment agency cracks down on posted worker intermediaries
Bulgaria’s employment agency said on February 13 that it had repealed the licences of 16 firms that acted as intermediaries
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Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ co-leader Valeri Simeonov admits tensions in nationalist coalition
Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of the United Patriots grouping of nationalist and far-right parties that is the minority partner in Bulgarian
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Archaeology: Plan for protective cover of Plovdiv’s Great Basilica site unveiled
The design for a protective lightweight metal-and-glass protective cover for the Great Basilica in Plovdiv has been unveiled. The Great
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Bulgarian court orders Moroccan terrorism suspect held for 90 days
The regional court in the Bulgarian town of Haskovo has ordered a Moroccan, Naufal Zahri, wanted by Interpol on terrorism
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Dark windows: One in four dwellings in Sofia is vacant
In spite of a continuous migration from Bulgaria’s countryside to large cities, especially Sofia, the number of uninhabited dwellings remains
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