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Day: October 31, 2019

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-September 2019 Budget surplus at 1.26B leva

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on October 31 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first nine months of 2019 was

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Traffic Police to carry out annual ‘Operation Winter’ in November

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Motorists should prepare their vehicles for the winter to ensure their safety and the safety of other road users, a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2020 Budget

October 31, 2019November 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved the 2020 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry at a cabinet meeting on October 31, which

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist VMRO endorses Fandukova in Sofia mayoral election run-off

October 31, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The ultra-nationalist VMRO has endorsed GERB candidate Yordanka Fandukova in the November 3 second round of mayoral elections in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

BSP, Democratic Bulgaria decline to endorse either candidate in Plovdiv mayoral run-off election

October 31, 2019November 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Plovdiv

The Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Democratic Bulgaria coalition in Plovdiv have declined to endorse either candidate in the city’s

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Europe 

European Commission report: More countries than ever hit by forest fires in 2018

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Wildfires destroyed nearly 178 000 hectares (ha) of forests and land in the EU in 2018, according to a European

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Europe 

EU mobilises 663M euro in humanitarian assistance for refugees in Turkey

October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Turkey

The European Commission is mobilising 663 million euro in humanitarian aid to continue major projects under the EU Facility for Refugees

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2019 was 4.1% – Eurostat

October 31, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in September 2019 was 4.1 per cent, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on October 31, citing

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