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Day: November 7, 2018

Business 

Greece’s Eurobank Ergasias to buy Bulgarian unit of Piraeus Bank

November 7, 2018November 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Greek bank Eurobank Ergasias said on November 7 that it reached an agreement to buy the Bulgarian subsidiary of fellow

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian nationalist party seeks firm to clean eggs off its building

November 7, 2018November 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Valeri Simeonov

Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria party is seeking a firm to clean off

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament approves 2019 Budget Act at first reading

November 7, 2018November 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly passed the 2019 Budget Act at first reading on November 7, with 115 MPs in favour and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s GERB backs Weber to be EPP Spitzenkandidat in European Parliament 2019 elections

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party backs German Manfred Weber to be the next head of the European

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria targets late-2019 to pick strategic investor for Belene nuclear plant

November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, energy, nuclear

Bulgaria’s Government approved on November 7 a draft framework for the selection process of a strategic investor for the Belene

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prosecutors decline to intervene in Sofia Airport concession tender

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on November 7 that it did not have any legal ground to appeal in court the

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Europe 

European initiative seeks mandatory labelling of food suitable for vegetarians and vegans

November 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission said on November 7 that it had decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative entitled “Mandatory food

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Business 

Bulgarian consumer confidence dropped in October 2018, three-month poll finds

November 7, 2018November 8, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency

A poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that consumer confidence dropped by 3.2 percentage points in October

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Bulgaria 

Bells in Bulgarian churches to toll on November 11 to mark centenary of end of First World War

November 7, 2018November 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

At the invitation of the UK, Bulgaria will take part in an international initiative to mark the centenary of the

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