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Day: February 19, 2019

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in 2018 was 1.53B euro

February 19, 2019February 21, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2018 stood at 1.53 billion euro, the equivalent of 2.8 per cent of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria Financial Supervision Commission chief resigns, to take EBRD post

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Karina Karaivanova, head of Bulgaria’s Financial Supervision Commission, resigned on February 19 ahead of taking the position as the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian prosecutors seize 1.7M leva in operation against disability fraud scheme

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian special prosecutors and the anti-organised crime squad confiscated the equivalent of about 1.7 million leva in cash from two

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian state railways begins putting overhauled passenger carriages into service

February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ said on February 19 that it was gradually putting into service renovated passenger carriages. As a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ remain divided over candidacies for European Parliament elections

February 19, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) party announced on February 19 that he would be its

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry instructs GPs to identify and vaccinate children not immunised against measles

February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Health Ministry has sent instructions to all regional health inspectorates to take steps to limit the spread of measles

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Bulgaria 

Ruling coalition vows to press on in face of boycott by opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party

February 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Krassimir Karakachanov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Volen Siderov

A meeting on February 19 of the coalition council of Bulgaria’s ruling majority agreed on securing quorums for future sittings

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Bulgaria 

Promise of clear skies over Bulgaria for February 2019 Super Moon

February 19, 2019February 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A forecast of clear skies and relatively warm weather holds the promise of good viewing in Bulgaria of the February

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