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Day: June 28, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-May 2019 Budget surplus at 3.03B leva

June 28, 2019July 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first five months of 2019 was 3.03 billion

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Bulgaria 

Prosecutor-General seeks withdrawal of Bulgarian passports of three Russians, Kazakh

June 28, 2019July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov Sotir Tsatsarov has requested the withdrawal of the Bulgarian passports of three Russians and a Kazakhstan national

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Bulgaria 

From forex bureaus to package holidays: Bulgaria’s consumer watchdog issues warnings

June 28, 2019July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The head of Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission, Dimitar Margaritov, has issued a series of warnings and advice to tourists visiting

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Bulgaria 

Woman speaking on mobile phone in Bulgarian mountains killed by lightning

June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A 48-year-old woman died instantly after being hit by lightning – reportedly while speaking on her mobile phone – in

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Bulgaria 

Foreign ministers of Bulgaria, North Macedonia urge historians to finalise work on shared history

June 28, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Macedonia

The foreign ministers of Bulgaria and of North Macedonia, Ekaterina Zaharieva and Nikola Dimitrov, want historians from the two countries

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry, consumer watchdog catch unlicensed tour guides

June 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Tourism Ministry and Consumer Protection Commission are conducting large-scale checks along the country’s Black Sea coast to see if

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Business 

Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria as having worsened in June 2019

June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that the country’s business climate is seen as

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Bulgaria 

Media regulator elects Svetoslav Kostov new head of Bulgarian National Radio

June 28, 2019June 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media elected Svetoslav Kostov, head of Radio Sofia, as the new director-general of public

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Bulgaria 

US Army Europe Band to hold free concert in Sofia to celebrate Independence Day

June 28, 2019June 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The US embassy in Sofia is bringing the United States Army Europe Band to Sofia to celebrate America’s Independence Day

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