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Day: December 16, 2019

Bulgaria 

Alpha Research: Borissov’s GERB has 3½ point lead over Bulgarian Socialist Party

December 16, 2019December 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has a lead of about three and a half percentage points over

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Bulgaria 

Il Volo to play Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in July 2020

December 16, 2019December 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Italian operatic pop trio will perform at the Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv on July 13 2020. The

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 3% inflation in November

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded three per cent inflation in November, rising from 2.4 per cent in October,

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Bulgaria 

Two dead in construction incident at Bulgaria nuclear waste site

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Two construction workers died and two others were injured at the site of Bulgaria’s future nuclear waste storage facility near

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Bulgaria 

Fees for cross-border payments in euro drop in non-euro zone countries

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

As of December 16, consumers and businesses in non-euro zone EU countries will enjoy cheaper cross-border payments in euro, the

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Perspectives 

French connections: How to revitalise the EU enlargement process

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 Vessela Tcherneva

Across Europe, France’s obstruction of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania is widely seen as a step backwards. However,

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Bulgaria 

Tsvetanov: ‘Bulgaria and N Macedonia should focus on what unites us’

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria and North Macedonia, as well as the other countries in the Western Balkans, should focus on the things that

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Bulgaria 

Head of Road Administration in Bulgaria’s Pernik axed after being caught drink-driving

December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The head of the Road Administration in the Bulgarian town of Pernik, Petar Basmadzhiev, has been dismissed after being caught

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