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Day: February 28, 2019

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January 2019 Budget surplus at 1.01B leva

February 28, 2019March 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first month of 2019 was 1.01 billion leva, or

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Bulgaria 

Court in Bulgaria handling extradition procedure to hand Israeli citizen to Austria over alleged cybercrime

February 28, 2019March 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Sofia District Court is continuing European arrest warrant proceedings to hand Israeli citizen Gal Barak to the Austrian judicial

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry advertises 1288 posts in voluntary reserve

February 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry is seeking members for its voluntary reserve, 1260 for the army and 28 for the navy, the

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Bulgaria 

US Secretary of State Pompeo thanks Bulgaria’s PM for efforts to protect assets of Venezuelan citizens

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has written to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov to thank him for his efforts

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Minister: Number of US tourists visiting Bulgaria rose 10.4% in 2018

February 28, 2019March 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The number of US tourists who visited Bulgaria in 2018 was 10.4 per cent higher than in 2017, Tourism Minister

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Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria unchanged in February 2019

February 28, 2019March 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) found the business climate in Bulgaria in February 2019 much

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