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Month: July 2019

Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Price of pork in Bulgaria up 25-30% in less than a month

July 31, 2019August 4, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The price of pork in Bulgaria has increased by 25 to 30 per cent in less than a month because

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Bulgaria 

US State Department welcomes Bulgaria’s go-ahead for F-16 purchase

July 31, 2019August 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The United States welcomes the Bulgarian government’s decision to purchase eight F-16 multirole fighter aircraft, munitions and related equipment, the

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: 30.5 per cent of Bulgarians cannot afford a one-week holiday

July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 30.5 per cent of Bulgarians cannot afford a one-week holiday, according to European Union statistics agency Eurostat, citing figures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Food Safety Agency confirms ASF outbreak at industrial pig farm in Silistra

July 30, 2019July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said on July 30 that it had confirmed, through laboratory tests, a new outbreak of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President asks Constitutional Court to reject law on business donations to political parties

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev has asked the Constitutional Court to overturn recently-approved provisions of the Political Parties Act and the

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Bulgaria 

Housing prices in Bulgaria rose more than 26% in 3 years – statistics institute

July 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Prices of housing in Bulgaria increased about 26.15 per cent between 2015 and 2018, according to the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s F-16 deal goes ahead as legislation gazetted

July 30, 2019July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The four contracts between Bulgaria and the United States on the $1.25 billion acquisition of eight F-16 fighter jets, as

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Bulgaria 

Large numbers in protests in Bulgaria against nominee to be Prosecutor-General

July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Protesters numbering several hundreds, if not thousands, turned out on the evening of July 29 to protest against the nomination

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Bulgaria 

Time capsule buried at Forum complex in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The ancient Roman Forum complex in Bulgaria’s second city Plovdiv frequently delights archaeologists with things dug up – but for

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