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Month: June 2019

Bulgaria 

Six newspapers in Bulgaria closed in 2018 – statistics institute

June 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

A total of 239 newspapers were published in Bulgaria in 2018, six fewer than the year before, the National Statistical

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Bulgaria 

Hungarian court imprisons Afghan, 3 Bulgarians for life over deaths of 71 migrants

June 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A court in the Hungarian city of Szeged has sentenced to life imprisonment an Afghan and three Bulgarians for the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament votes large fines for outdoor noise

June 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on June 19 to approve the second reading of amendments to the Protection Against Environmental Noise

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government declares June 29 annual ‘Road Safety Day’

June 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government has declared June 29 the annual Road Safety Day, the government information service said. The day is intended

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s GERB agrees to MRF proposal on ‘open’ party financing

June 19, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party has agreed to a proposal by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF)

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: F-16 deal should not compromise fighter’s capabilities

June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said that he expects the government, in its negotiations with the US on

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Europe 

EC’s working group on antisemitism to hold first meeting on June 20

June 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Věra Jourová will open on June 20 the first meeting of the

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Bulgaria 

GDP per capita, in purchasing power standard, in Bulgaria lowest in EU in 2018 – Eurostat

June 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

GDP per capita, expressed in Purchasing Power Standard, in Bulgaria was the lowest in the European Union in 2018, at

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Bulgaria 

House prices in Bulgaria rose 6.6% in 2018 – Eurostat

June 19, 2019June 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

House prices in Bulgaria in 2018 were 6.6 per cent higher than in 2017, higher than the European Union average

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