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Day: May 15, 2018

Bulgaria 

Traffic restrictions in Sofia for EU-Western Balkans summit on May 16-17

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall said that it was imposing traffic restrictions in several central areas of the city on May 16-17,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q1 2018 – flash estimate

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2018, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.0% inflation in April

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded two per cent inflation in April, down 0.2 percentage points compared to a

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Business 

Black Sea region instability hits cruise ship business for Bulgarian port cities

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency tourism

Bulgaria’s Black Sea port cities of Varna and Bourgas will see no cruise ships dock in summer 2018, a result

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian boys with Nazi symbols at football match – father claims ‘stranger’ did it

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Petar Atanassov, the father of one of the children whose torsoes were painted with Nazi and other offensive symbols at

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Business 

South African investment: Sofia’s Polygraphia Office Centre to be renamed after Nelson Mandela

May 15, 2018July 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

AG Capital, a leading group of companies in the field of real estate in Bulgaria has announced the establishment of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians quit parental home at average age of just younger than 29 – Eurostat

May 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgarian young adults leave the parental home at an average age of 28.9 years, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said

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