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Month: January 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Jewish organisations, gay and lesbian NGO commit to co-operate against hate crimes

January 31, 2019February 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

United in their desire for an effective approach to fighting hate crimes against certain groups in Bulgarian society, the leaderships

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ends 2018 with 137M leva Budget surplus

January 31, 2019February 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the full year 2018 was 137 million leva, or 0.1

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Bulgaria 

Yet another glitch for Bulgaria’s ‘e-vignette’ road tax system

January 31, 2019February 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At the close of a month that has seen numerous problems with the introduction of Bulgaria’s electronic road tax “e-vignette”

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Europe 

Nato chief says he expects all 29 allies will sign Skopje’s accession protocol soon

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, Macedonia, Nato

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on January 31 that he expected that all 29 allies will sign the accession protocol

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria 5.2% in December 2018, youth unemployment rose

January 31, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in December 2018 was 5.2 per cent, unchanged from November and down from 5.7 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

European court awards damages to former Labour Minister Maslarova in case against Bulgaria

January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Human Rights said on January 31 that it was awarding damages to Bulgaria’s former Labour and

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Bulgaria 

37% of Bulgarians cannot afford to heat their homes, highest rate in EU – Eurostat

January 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Thirty-seven per cent of people in Bulgaria could not afford to keep their homes adequately warm, the highest percentage in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to commemorate communist ‘People’s Court’ slaughter on February 1

January 31, 2019February 1, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The craters left by the Allied bombing of Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia were convenient. Most suitable for pre-dug mass graves.

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Bulgaria Leisure 

Bulgarian National Gallery showing selection of artworks donated between 2015 and 2018

January 31, 2019February 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

An exhibition of a selection of the more than 360 artworks donated to the National Art Gallery in Bulgaria’s capital

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