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Month: July 2018

Bulgaria 

PM Borissov: Bulgaria ‘only country in EU that has coped with migrants’

July 20, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Kornelia Ninova, Refugees

To date, Bulgaria is the only country in the European Union that has coped with migrants and has even been

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Agriculture Minister: Outbreaks of ovine rinderpest in five settlements

July 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister Roumen Porozhanov said on July 20 that there were outbreaks of ovine rinderpest in five settlements. These

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Bulgaria 

Israeli tourists visiting Bulgaria up by close to 32% – Tourism Minister

July 20, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Israel, tourism

The number of Israeli tourists who visited Bulgaria in January to May 2018 was 31.8 per cent higher than in

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Bulgaria 

Mogherini nominates Bulgaria’s Kuneva to EU post at Council of Europe

July 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has nominated Meglena Kuneva, a former European Commissioner from Bulgaria and a former Cabinet

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Bulgaria 

EC opens three new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission opened three new infringement proceedings against Bulgaria, while moving forward a fourth one, in the latest monthly

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-May 2018 was 120.5M euro

July 19, 2018August 17, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2018 stood at 120.5 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

RSF: Bulgaria worst in EU for media freedom but ‘good place for investigative journalism’

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Media

It sounds like a paradox, but the worst performing country in the European Union when it comes to media freedom

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-trust regulator blocks proposed sale of CEZ assets

July 19, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) ruled on July 19 to deny the proposed sale of all the assets

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog stops sale of broadcaster Nova Televizia

July 19, 2018July 19, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on July 19 that it was denying approval to the proposed sale

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