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Month: August 2019

Europe 

Montenegro’s ban on smoking in restaurants and bars is in force

August 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Montenegro, smoking

Montenegro’s new Law on the Restriction of the Use of Tobacco Products entered into force on August 14, leaving coffee

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Tomb of Palaiologos nobleman discovered at Bulgaria’s Kaliakra

August 15, 2019August 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a previously-unknown 14th-century aristocrat, a descendant of the Byzantine Palaiologos dynasty, at the

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Bulgaria 

Traffic restrictions on Bulgaria’s Strouma Motorway after fire

August 15, 2019August 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The fire that damaged the supports of an overbridge on Strouma Motorway near the town of Doupnitsa earlier this week

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM’s party names its Plovdiv mayoral candidate

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Rousse

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has named Plovdiv regional governor Zdravko Dimitrov as its candidate for mayor

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Bulgaria 

Israel’s new ambassador to Bulgaria presents credentials

August 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

The new ambassador of the State of Israel to Bulgaria, Yoram Elron, has presented copies of his credentials to Deputy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.6% economic growth in Q2 2019 – flash estimate

August 14, 2019November 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.6 per cent growth in the second quarter of 2019, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.9% inflation in July

August 14, 2019August 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 2.9 per cent inflation in July, rising from 2.8 per cent a month

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Bulgaria 

Former head of Bulgaria’s anti-corruption body appointed consul in Spain

August 14, 2019August 19, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government has appointed the former head of the country’s anti-corruption commission, Plamen Georgiev, to the post of Consul General

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Bulgaria confirms four new cases in wild pigs

August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said that it had confirmed four new cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in wild

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