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Month: June 2018

Business 

Bulgarian PM extols country’s economic development at 2018 Plovdiv Economic Forum

June 21, 2018June 22, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov used a lengthy opening address to the Plovdiv Economic Forum on June 21 to portray

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev in Belgrade: Reconciliation in the Balkans needed for European future

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Serbia

The historic reconciliation on which a united Europe is built must be achieved in the Balkans as well, Bulgarian President

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Bulgaria 

Factfile: Bulgaria Corporate Commercial Bank insolvency four years on

June 21, 2018June 27, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Four years after the official insolvency date of the Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), Bulgaria’s fourth-largest lender by assets at the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria participates in international ‘Operation Thunderstorm’ against illegal trade in wildlife and timber

June 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria was a participant in international “Operation Thunderstorm”, which targeted people and networks behind the global wildlife illegal trade, European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria legislates handing of air passenger and crew data to security agency

June 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved on June 21 the second reading of amendments to the State Agency for National Security Act, obliging

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Europe 

European Commission opens anti-trust investigation into Qatar’s LNG deals

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on June 21 that it opened a formal investigation into Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas

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Business 

Bulgarian PM meets Greek business people at Plovdiv Economic Forum

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Plovdiv

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov held talks with Greek business executives at the two-day Plovdiv Economic Forum, which opened on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has lowest percentage in the EU of people who work from home

June 21, 2018June 24, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has the lowest percentage of people who work from home, at just 0.3 per cent, according to figures released

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Europe 

EU agrees new rules on mutual recognition of asset freezing and confiscation orders

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the EU, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament, agreed on June 20 new rules concerning

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