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Month: July 2019

Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Bulgarian Food Safety Agency confirms new outbreaks in 3 districts

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said on July 31 that it had confirmed two new outbreaks in the district of

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Bulgaria 

US ambassador-designate to Bulgaria appears before Senate foreign relations committee

July 31, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Herro Mustafa, the nominee to become the next United States ambassador to Bulgaria, appeared before the Senate foreign relations committee

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria H1 2019 Budget surplus at 3.23B leva

July 31, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first half of 2019 was 3.23 billion leva,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria tax agency chief vows to stay on after data breach, sacks IT heads

July 31, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency Galya Dimitrova said on July 31 that she sacked the agency’s two senior

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament accepts resignation of anti-corruption commission head

July 31, 2019August 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted overwhelmingly on July 31 to accept the resignation of Plamen Georgiev as head of the country’s

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2019 was 4.4% – Eurostat

July 31, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2019 was 4.4 per cent, down from 4.5 per cent in May and from 5.2

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Street repair in Sofia uncovers late Ottoman wall

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Sofia

Ahead of a scheduled official briefing by Sofia’s deputy mayor and an archaeologist, some media had reported the finding of

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Outbreak at industrial farm in Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo confirmed

July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has confirmed a new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at an industrial farm in

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Bulgaria 

Head of Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission submits resignation

July 31, 2019July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of Bulgaria’s Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property, Plamen Georgiev, has submitted his resignation,

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