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Day: March 1, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria deputy central bank governor for bank supervision to resign

March 1, 2019March 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s central bank said on March 1 that Dimitar Kostov, deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) in charge

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body finds no conflict of interest in Finance Minister case

March 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body has completed its investigation into the living arrangements of the country’s Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and concluded

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria 4.8% in January 2019 – Eurostat

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in January 2019 was 4.8 per cent, unchanged from December 2018 and down from 5.6 per cent

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Bulgaria’s March 2019 long weekend: Cloudy weather, rain possible

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarians set for a three-day weekend because of the March 4 special public holiday faced forecasts of mainly partly cloudy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria is not Russia’s Trojan Horse in Nato, PM Borissov tells Stoltenberg

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgaria is not Russia’s Trojan Horse in Nato but is among the alliance’s most disciplined and loyal members, Prime Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria road agency calls tender for archaeological study of late antiquity church found on Gabrovo bypass route

March 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgaria’s Road Infrastructure Agency has invited bidders to carry out an archaeological study of a Christian church dating from late

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Business 

Bulgaria Air signs code-sharing agreement with Air Italy

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Air Italy and Bulgaria Air entered on February 28 into a code share partnership to offer customers enhanced connectivity between

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Bulgaria 

About 43.5% of Bulgarians live in overcrowded households – Eurostat

March 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

About 43.5 per cent of Bulgarians live in overcrowded households, while in the country, 67.2 per cent of non-EU citizens

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Bulgaria 

Sixty-seven dead on Bulgaria’s roads in first two months of 2019

March 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 67 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2019, according to

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