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Month: July 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian food safety agency head: Killing flocks ‘saving business a billion leva’

July 16, 2018July 18, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

The controversy-hit head of Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency, Damyan Iliev, has sought to defend the mass killing of sheep and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Ministry warns of traffic congestion at Serbian border

July 16, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Serbia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a warning note on July 16 about the customary annual traffic congestion problem at

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Bulgaria 

Protests amid outrage over killing of sheep and goats over rinderpest outbreak in Bulgaria

July 15, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Controversy has erupted in Bulgaria over the killing of more than 4000 sheep and goats in the Bourgas and Yambol

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Bulgaria 

First for Bulgaria as audio tour added to narrow-gauge train

July 15, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, tourism

For the first time in Bulgaria, an audio tour system has been added to the Rodopi narrow-gauge train, offering information

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Bulgaria 

Borissov praises Bulgaria’s EU Presidency, over opposition criticism

July 13, 2018July 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency

Addressing Parliament on July 13, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov listed what he saw as the successes of the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Eurogroup offers Bulgaria euro zone backing, but no firm date

July 13, 2018July 18, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgaria’s attempt to use the six-month period during which it held the rotating presidency of the EU to advance its

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Perspectives 

Vucic, Dacic and tabloids pressure Serbs not to cheer for Croatian football team

July 13, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Serbia

The great success of the Croatian national football team in reaching the final of the World Cup in Russia has

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Business 

Bulgaria’s January – May 2018 exports up two per cent year-on-year

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

In the period January – May 2018 the value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 20 934.9

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Europe 

EU summer forecast leaves Bulgaria 2018 growth estimate unchanged 3.8%

July 12, 2018November 8, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission’s summer forecast for the EU economy, released on July 12, reduced the growth estimate for the European

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