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Month: August 2018

Bulgaria 

EP’s budget committee approves 34M euro in EU aid to Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Lithuania

August 30, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bourgas, European Parliament

EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) aid worth 34 million euro, to support reconstruction in Greece, Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria following natural

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Bulgaria 

After Svoge bus disaster, Bulgaria plans new road safety body

August 29, 2018August 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov pledged on August 29 that there would be “no protection and no help for anyone”

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Business 

Bulgaria high court upholds steep fines for sunflower oil cartel

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s anti-trust regulator said on August 29 that the country’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) has issued a final ruling upholding

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Business 

Survey finds grimmer view of business climate in Bulgaria in August 2018

August 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly survey among managers has found that they see the business climate in Bulgaria as unfavourable, the National

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Bulgaria 

Former Turkish baths in Plovdiv, believed to date from 17th century, demolished

August 29, 2018August 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The remains of a former Turkish bath in the Kurshiyaka area of Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv have been bulldozed. The

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state grants 375 leva one-off aid to relatives to Svoge bus crash victims

August 29, 2018August 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian government is granting 375 leva (about 191 euro) one-off aid each from the social assistance fund to the

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Europe 

Greek government reshuffle: The new cabinet of Alexis Tsipras

August 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

The election of Panos Skourtetis as Secretary of the Central Committee of SYRIZA on Monday evening unlocked the procedures towards the

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Bulgaria 

Greece, Turkey were top tourist destinations for Bulgarians in July 2018 – statistics institute

August 28, 2018August 31, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, tourism, Turkey

The number of trips abroad by Bulgarians in July 2018 was close to 10 per cent higher than in July

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Bulgaria 

Exhibition of work by Eliezer Alcheh opens at Sofia City Art Gallery on September 21

August 28, 2018August 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

An exhibition of work by Vidin-born Bulgarian Jewish artist Eliezer Alcheh, held to mark the 110th anniversary of his birth,

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