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Month: October 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-September 2018 Budget surplus at 2.66B leva

October 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on October 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first nine months of 2018 was

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutors release more details of State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad bust, as political row swirls

October 31, 2018November 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Further details of the investigation that led to arrests at the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad were given by prosecutors

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian opposition socialists declare boycott of parliamentary proceedings, seeking Simeonov’s resignation

October 31, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Valeri Simeonov

A campaign to get Valeri Simeonov, co-leader of Bulgarian government minority partner the United Patriots, to resign as Deputy Prime

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Bulgaria 

Dispute over future of Bulgaria’s weather forecasters flares up anew

October 31, 2018November 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) has re-ignited a dispute over the future of the country’s meteorology institute, accusing the

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Bulgaria 

Belene nuclear plant strategic investor tender draft ready – Bulgaria Energy Minister

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Energy Minister Temenouzhka Petkova said on October 31 that the draft for an international tender to pick a strategic

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Bulgaria 

Remembrance Sunday 2018 service to be held in Sofia Central Cemetery on November 11

October 31, 2018November 13, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The annual Remembrance Day service will be held in the military section of Sofia Central Cemetery on November 11 2018,

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Business 

Unemployment in Bulgaria 5.3% in September 2018, for fourth consecutive month

October 31, 2018November 2, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 5.3 per cent in September 2018, for the fourth consecutive month, and again below the EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road safety ‘Operation Winter’: Change tyres by November 15

October 31, 2018November 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian police have reminded motorists that they have until November 15 to change the tyres of their cars to those

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Bulgaria 

2018 Kinomania film festival is on from November 15 to 29

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The Kinomania film festival, now in its 32nd year, has its opening gala on November 15 2018 and continues until

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