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Month: December 2018

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q3 2018

December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Pope Francis ‘very likely’ to visit Bulgaria in May 2019

December 7, 2018December 11, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Pope Francis is “very likely” to visit Bulgaria in May 2019, after a visit to the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgarian

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Bulgaria 

Opening show of Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019 themed ‘We are all colours’

December 7, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

“We Are All Colours” is the theme of the opening show of Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019, to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among largest increases in air passenger transport in EU in 2017 – Eurostat

December 7, 2018December 10, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria saw among the largest increases in air travellers in the European Union in 2017, with a total of more

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Europe 

In show of support, US conducts Ukraine fly-over

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Carla Babb of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

The US and its allies flew a military aircraft over Ukraine on December 6 as a show of support after

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Bulgaria 

Smog over Sofia: city hall eases ‘green ticket’ day pass sale requirements

December 6, 2018December 9, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia’s municipal council decided on December 6 to ease the requirements on the sale of “green ticket” day passes, currently

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Bulgaria 

Luxembourg-based company ordered to pay back loan to Bulgaria’s defunct CCB

December 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Sofia City Court has ordered Luxembourg-based V2 Investment to pay back a 125 million euro loan from now-defunct Corporate Commercial

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors charge controversial businessman after extradition

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on December 6 that it has formally presented the bill of indictment to controversial businessman Nikolai

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Bulgaria 

For the second time, heavy rain brings down fence at Bulgarian – Turkish border

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Refugees, Turkey

Part of the fence built by Bulgaria at the border with Turkey to stem illegal migration has fallen for a

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