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Day: March 7, 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament overturns presidential veto on amendments to bank insolvency law

March 7, 2018March 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian MPs voted on March 7 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on the bill of amendments to the Bank Insolvency

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian deputy PM’s verbal assault on Russian Patriarch sparks row in ‘United Patriots’

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Russia, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

After Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist United Patriots co-leader Valeri Simeonov hit out in a television interview against Russian

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 3.6% economic growth in 2017

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 3.6 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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Europe 

EU defence ministers agree implementation plan for closer military co-operation

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

EU ministers of defence have formally adopted a list of 17 projects for “permanent structured co-operation” (PESCO) in the field

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government grants 15 000 euro to Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation

March 7, 2018March 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Poland

The Bulgarian Cabinet announced on March 7 that it had approved a grant of 15 000 euro to the Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government retracts approval of Istanbul Convention

March 7, 2018March 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet has retracted its approval of the Istanbul Convention and withdrawn its request to Parliament

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: ‘Enormous opportunities’ to boost co-operation with Arab countries

March 7, 2018March 8, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The opportunities for successful co-operation with Arab countries in trade, engineering and investment, energy and tourism are enormous, Bulgarian Foreign

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian deputy PM Simeonov: Russian Patriarch Kirill is ‘second-rate Soviet cop’

March 7, 2018March 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Valeri Simeonov

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov sharply criticised Russian Patriarch Kirill for seeking to impose the Kremlin’s view of the

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