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Day: April 1, 2019

Bulgaria 

Alpha Research poll: Apartments controversy damaged trust in Bulgaria’s government, GERB party

April 1, 2019April 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Kornelia Ninova, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s government has an approval rating of just 13 per cent, having shed four percentage points

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 54% of Bulgarians oppose Brexit

April 1, 2019April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

About fifty-four per cent of Bulgarians do not want to see the United Kingdom leave the European Union while 14.7

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Bulgaria 

Opposition in Plovdiv city council launches renewed attack on Plovdiv 2019 Foundation, Balkan Pride

April 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A group of opposition members of Plovdiv city council is petitioning for a special meeting of the council to demand

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.7% in February 2019 – Eurostat

April 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.7 per cent in February 2019, down from 5.4 per cent in February 2018 and unchanged

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Europe 

EC to launch new call for municipalities to bid for funds for free wi-fi in public spaces

April 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission is to launch a new call for applications for WiFi4EU, the scheme to enable municipalities to set up

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-February 2019 Budget surplus at 1.51B leva

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first two months of 2019 was 1.51 billion

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Europe 

Turkey’s ruling party suffers heavy losses in key local polls

April 1, 2019 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party suffered heavy losses in Sunday’s local elections, losing critical cities across the country, while

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Bulgaria 

Consumption of fruit and veg in Bulgaria among lowest in EU – Eurostat

April 1, 2019April 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Only about 37 per cent of Bulgarians eat fruit on a daily basis, while 45 per cent eat vegetables daily,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road death toll in Q1 2019 was 111 – Interior Ministry

April 1, 2019April 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 111 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and March 31 2019, according to

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