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Day: July 1, 2019

Business 

Bulgaria competition watchdog re-instates Saudi firm Arkad as gas grid capacity expansion contractor

July 1, 2019July 5, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency energy

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled to re-instate Saudi Arabian Arkad Engineering as the winner in the

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria turned down post of EU foreign policy chief

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

In the June 30 negotiations among European Union leaders about who will hold the top posts in the EU, Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian military engineers destroy 50kg aerial bomb found in Plovdiv

July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian military engineers destroyed on July 1 a 50kg aerial bomb found during excavation work at a site in Plovdiv

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria utilities regulator announces lower electricity price hikes

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said on July 1 that it approved an electricity price increase that was

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Europe 

Roaming charges drop as Western Balkans regional agreement comes into force

July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Starting on July 1 2019, citizens and businesses in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia will

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Bulgaria 

Traffic police to check foreign-registered vehicles transiting Bulgaria in July, August

July 1, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police are conducting a special operation to check foreign citizens’ vehicles transiting the country during July and August,

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria 4.5% in May 2019 – Eurostat

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in May 2019 was 4.5 per cent, unchanged from April and down from 5.3 per cent in

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Bulgaria 

Midway through 2019, Bulgaria’s road death toll is 253

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

The number of road deaths in Bulgaria in 2019 reached 253 by June 30, according to Interior Ministry statistics. In

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