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Month: July 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria H1 2018 Budget surplus at 1.71B leva

July 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2018 was 1.71 billion leva, or

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes Administrative Procedure Code amendments

July 31, 2018August 3, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s President Roumen Radev said on July 31 that he has vetoed a number of provisions in the amendments to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Defence Minister makes U-turn, says ‘loss of reflex’ to blame for helicopter crash

July 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov blamed last month’s crash of a Soviet-made Mi-17 helicopter, which killed two crew members and

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2018 was 4.8% – Eurostat

July 31, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Unemployment in Bulgaria is continuing its steady decrease, falling to 4.8 per cent in June 2018, in turn down from

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Bulgaria 

Largest share of household spending in Bulgaria is on food – Eurostat

July 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Household spending in Bulgaria is mostly devoted to food, EU statistics agency Eurostat said on July 31, citing figures for

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Europe 

Greece: Political war of words over response to Attica wildfires continues

July 31, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos held a news conference on July 30, during which he defended the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court strikes down amended Pirin National Park plan, Bansko ski lift

July 30, 2018January 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A three-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court has overturned the Cabinet’s changes to the Pirin National Park management plan,

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Business 

European Commission clears PPF Group’s acquisition of Telenor’s CEE business

July 30, 2018August 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on July 30 that it has approved the proposed acquisition of mobile carrier Telenor’s subsidiaries in

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Europe 

Zaev: Referendum will be held on September 30

July 30, 2018July 30, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, said on July 30 that the referendum on the name

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