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Month: May 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria below EU average for defence spending – Eurostat

May 18, 2018May 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria earmarked just more than one per cent of GDP for defence spending in 2016, below the EU average, EU

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Bulgaria 

At Sofia Summit, Bulgarian PM does hard sell on EU prospects for Western Balkans

May 17, 2018May 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov used a news conference at the close of the EU – Western Balkans summit in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs adopt CEZ committee report amid criticism for ‘useless’ document

May 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted on May 17 the report drafted by the ad hoc committee tasked with investigating the circumstances

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Bulgaria Europe 

EU – Western Balkans Summit: The Sofia Declaration – full text

May 17, 2018May 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

At the European Union – Western Balkans summit in the Bulgarian capital on May 17, EU leaders agreed on the

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Europe 

Auditors: Delays, discrimination among ‘challenges’ to integration of legal migrants in EU

May 17, 2018May 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Auditors said on May 17 that it had identified a number of challenges, including delays, discrimination

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Business 

New car sales in Bulgaria rose in first four months of 2018 – ACEA

May 17, 2018May 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

New car registrations in Bulgaria in the first four months of 2018 added up to 11 188, an increase of

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Bulgaria World 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister: EU remains united over Iran nuclear deal

May 17, 2018May 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

As long as Iran implements the nuclear deal, the European Union and all its 28 member states remain part of

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Bulgaria 

Controversy continues over ‘Country of Rescued Jews’ exhibition, over Simeonov’s statement

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Attempts are being made to mount a controversial exhibition “Country of the Rescued Jews” in other parts of Bulgaria after

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet to seek Parliament approval for Belene nuclear power plant restart

May 16, 2018May 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy

Six years after the first cabinet headed by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov shelved plans to build a nuclear power on

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