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Month: January 2019

Bulgaria 

‘Code Orange’ dangerous weather warning issued for two districts in Bulgaria for January 4

January 3, 2019January 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian authorities have issued the “Code Orange” warning of dangerous weather forecast for the districts of Bourgas and Sliven for

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Airport concession tender deadline extended once more, to February 2019

January 2, 2019January 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia Airport

The deadline for bids in the tender for the 35-year concession on Sofia Airport has been postponed again, to February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria road agency denies problem with system for selling electronic road vignettes

January 2, 2019January 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency issued a denial on January 2 of media reports that “in many places” the system

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Bulgaria 

Initiative calls on Pope, Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch to visit former Belene prison camp

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

An initiative has been launched calling for Pope Francis and Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch Neofit to visit the former Belene

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian households had largest drop in spending on alcohol in EU between 2007 and 2017 – Eurostat

January 2, 2019January 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

The largest drop in spending on alcohol in a European Union country, as a share of total household spending, between

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-November 2018 Budget surplus at 2.9B leva

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 11 months of 2018 was 2.9 billion

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road accident death toll in 2018 was 609 – Interior Ministry

January 1, 2019January 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 609 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in 2018, a figure 73 fewer than the road

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