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Month: January 2019

Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria rose by close to 10% in 2018 – ACEA

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in 2018 was 9.9 per cent higher than the year before,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament’s defence, finance committees greenlight talks with US on buying F-16s

January 15, 2019January 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian National Assembly’s defence committee approved on January 15 the government proceeding with negotiations with the United States on

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Europe 

North Macedonia: Steps towards changing name on passports, licence plates, state institutions

January 15, 2019January 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

Authorities in Skopje have until 2024 to put the country’s new name “Republic of North Macedonia” on identification documents. This

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria CPI records 2.7 per cent inflation in 2018

January 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.7 per cent inflation in 2018, after December monthly figures showed zero price

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Bulgaria 

Grace period for driving on Bulgarian roads without an ‘e-vignette’ ends on January 15

January 15, 2019January 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The grace period for driving on Bulgaria’s motorways and major roads without an electronic road tax “e-vignette” ends on January

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Bulgaria 

Pensioners in Bulgaria fourth-highest in EU at risk of poverty – Eurostat

January 15, 2019January 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Thirty-two per cent of pensioners in Bulgaria were at risk of poverty in 2017, according to figures released on January

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Bulgaria 

Lufthansa, Ryanair flights between Sofia and German cities cancelled on January 15 because of strike

January 15, 2019January 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Flights between Sofia Airport and Frankfurt and Hamburg were cancelled on January 15 because of a strike by security staff

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Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s Voyvodinovo saga: Karakachanov, ‘impudent gypsies’ and the voices of concern

January 14, 2019January 16, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Krassimir Karakachanov

It began on January 6 with the assault of Bulgarian paratrooper Corporal Valentin Dimov. It has grown, as with such

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Bulgaria 

Flu epidemics declared in four districts in Bulgaria

January 14, 2019January 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Influenza epidemics were declared in the Bulgarian districts of Bourgas, Shoumen, Silistra and Stara Zagora on January 14. The threshold

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