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Month: April 2018

Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport reports 7.8% passenger traffic increase in March 2018

April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Sofia Airport saw a 7.8 per cent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers in March 2018, 556 088 versus 515 857

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Bulgaria 

Borissov expresses optimism about Sofia summit on the Balkans, in spite of partial boycott

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed optimism about the May 17 2018 summit on the Western Balkans to be

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Bulgaria 

Strike causes cancellation of two Lufthansa flights between Sofia and Frankfurt on April 10

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

A strike at four airports in Germany has led to the cancellation of two Lufthansa flights between Frankfurt and Sofia

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Business 

Hourly labour costs in Bulgaria lowest in EU in 2017, but rose 12%

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Hourly labour costs in Bulgaria in 2017 were the lowest in the European Union, at 4.9 euro, though they saw

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov in BiH: Balkans need peace to achieve prosperity

April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Bosnia and Herzegovina

There should be no selfish approaches in the Balkans because a problem in any one country affects the others, Bulgarian

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Europe 

‘Macedonia’ name dispute: Zaev expects positive developments

April 10, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

In an interview with state news agency MIA, Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that at their most recent meeting

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Bulgaria 

Simon Singh: ‘Science doesn’t dictate policy but policy shouldn’t ignore science’

April 9, 2018April 16, 2018 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Sofia Science Festival

It is a troubling world, one within which climate change deniers and those who are anti-science occupy high office –

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov congratulates Orbán on Fidesz victory in Hungarian election

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Hungary

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Viktor Orbán on the victory of his Fidesz party in the April 8

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 1626 people in 2016, 30 per cent to Russians – Eurostat

April 9, 2018April 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgaria granted citizenship to 1626 people in 2016, an increase of 28 per cent compared with 2015, European Union statistics

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