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Month: February 2018

Business 

EIB signs 30M euro deal with Raiffeisen Leasing Bulgaria on financing for SMEs

February 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an intermediated loan agreement of 30 million euro with Raiffeisen Leasing Bulgaria to

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Bulgaria 

Amnesty International slams Bulgaria on treatment of refugees, hate speech, media freedom

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Media, Refugees

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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Europe 

Macedonia begins removing ‘Alexander the Great’ highway signs

February 22, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

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 

Bulgaria had fourth-highest murder rate in EU in 2015 – Eurostat

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

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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Bulgaria Leisure 

Sofia Opera in March 2018: Turandot, Lakmé and Yana’s Nine Brothers

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

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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Bulgaria 

Earthquake reported as 4.8 on Richter scale 148km from Bulgarian capital Sofia, 17km from Plovdiv

February 22, 2018February 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

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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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office: Pre-trial proceedings opened regarding fence at Turkish border

February 21, 2018February 23, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

The Bulgarian Prosecutor-General’s office said on February 21 that pre-trial proceedings had been opened in connection with an offence related

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Business 

Bulgaria to host joint business forum with Japan’s foreign trade organisation

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria will host a joint business forum with Japan’s foreign trade organisation, it was decided in talks in Tokyo between

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to bank insolvency law

February 21, 2018February 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev vetoed on February 21 a bill amending the Bank Insolvency Act, arguing that some of the

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