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Month: April 2018

Business 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2018 was 5.3%, another record low

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2018 was 5.3 per cent, another record low and down from 6.5 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Dossier Commission member: Items missing from Julia Kristeva’s file

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

Items from the file of Bulgaria’s communist-era secret service State Security on Julia Kristeva had been removed and its contents

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia puts up new information signboards for tourists

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

Bulgarian capital city Sofia has put up 42 new information signboards at key locations to help tourists. The signboards show

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian FM: 2025 ‘realistic date’ for Montenegro’s EU accession if reforms continue at current pace

April 3, 2018April 3, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Montenegro

If the reforms continue at the same pace, 2025 is a very realistic date for Montenegro to join the European

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport: Flight delays possible because of technical problem in European control system

April 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Delays in flights were possible, Sofia Airport warned on April 3, after a technical problem with the Enhanced Tactical Flow

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet no longer intends buying CEZ stake – Finance Minister

April 3, 2018April 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov said on April 3 that the Cabinet was not interested in acquiring a controlling stake

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian GERB parliamentary leader: Dossier Commission will not be closed

April 3, 2018April 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission – the statutory body that names people in public life who worked for Bulgaria’s communist-era secret services

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Bulgaria 

Five countries that do not recognise Kosovo refuse to take part in Balkans summit in Bulgaria

April 3, 2018April 4, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian EU Presidency, Kosovo, Serbia

On May 17 2018, Bulgaria will host the EU Summit with the countries of the Western Balkans, which is expected

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Muslim leadership calls urgent meeting over prosecutor’s statement

April 3, 2018April 4, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Muslim Supreme Council has called an urgent meeting in response to a reported statement by a prosecutor that should

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