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Month: April 2018

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Q1 2018 Budget surplus at 592.7M leva

April 30, 2018May 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on April 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first three months of 2018 was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Air Force to hold practice flights from May 3 to 5 ahead of Armed Forces Day

April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

If in the next few days you hear Bulgarian Air Force fighter jets roaring over Sofia and see military vehicles

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Bulgaria 

Double standards in food in EU: ‘100 million people feel like Aborigines,’ Bulgarian PM says

April 30, 2018May 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency

Double standards in food products in the European Union have left 100 million people “feeling like Aborigines,” Bulgarian Prime Minister

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Europe 

Rules guaranteeing EU citizens assistance from any EU consulate enter into force on May 1

April 30, 2018May 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

As of May 1 2018, European Union citizens living or travelling outside the EU will be able to better benefit

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Business 

Monthly poll: Business climate in Bulgaria improved in April 2018

April 30, 2018May 1, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that the business climate indicator increased by 2.8

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Bulgaria 

Technical glitch took down Bulgaria’s troubled weather forecasting service

April 30, 2018May 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A power surge shut down the weather forecasting system at the Bulgarian Academy of Science’s National Institute of Meterology and

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Bulgaria 

Optimism as first tourists hit the beaches ahead of Bulgaria’s 2018 summer holiday season

April 29, 2018May 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, tourism

As Bulgarian capital Sofia and other cities basked in weather unusually warm for late April, the tourist season at the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian National Revenue Agency: April 30 is the deadline for personal tax returns

April 29, 2018April 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency has issued a reminder that the deadline for submitting annual personal income tax declarations is April

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Europe 

EU finance ministers call for better co-operation among tax administrations to fight tax fraud

April 29, 2018April 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency

Further steps, apart from amending laws, should be taken to improve co-operation among tax administrations to achieve good results in

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