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Month: December 2019

Europe 

EC vice-president Schinas to lead Commission’s fight against antisemitism

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has entrusted EC vice-president Margaritis Schinas to lead the Commission’s work on the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister unveils plans for 2020

December 11, 2019December 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Tourism is planning a series of joint forums in 2020 to promote tourism investment and will hold

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – October 2019 up 4.2% on annual basis

December 11, 2019December 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

The total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria January – October 2019 was 48 702.6 million leva, about

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria warns motorists as worsening weather, snowfalls expected

December 10, 2019December 12, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Road Safety Co-ordination Centre has issued a warning to motorists as weather forecasters have predicted worsening weather and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria competition watchdog fines 24 firms for building renovation cartels

December 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on December 10 that it has fined 24 companies a total of

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Europe 

EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey: 6BN euro ‘fully mobilised’

December 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey

The European Union has fully mobilised the six billion euro operational budget of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, in line

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Bulgaria 

Poll: More than half of Bulgarians not satisfied with way democracy works in the country

December 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 55 per cent of Bulgarians are not satisfied with the way democracy works in the country, according to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister calls for more EU engagement in Africa

December 10, 2019December 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has called for more European Union engagement in Africa. Speaking at a meeting of EU

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian, N Macedonian PMs tour US aircraft carrier Harry S Truman

December 9, 2019December 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Macedonia, Nato

Bulgaria’s national security and defence are only guaranteed within the framework of Nato’s collective defence, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

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