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Month: January 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ends 2019 with 1.15B leva Budget deficit

January 31, 2020January 30, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget deficit for the full year 2019 was 1.15 billion leva, on cash

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former environment minister Dimov investigated over Bansko resort concession

January 31, 2020February 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 31 that it has opened a new investigation against former environment minister Neno Dimov

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Bulgaria 

Brexit: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry posts FAQs

January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on its website as the final hours

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s district of Rousse closes schools for a week as step against flu epidemic

January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s district of Rousse is closing schools from February 3 to 7 inclusive, as a step to prevent an influenza

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Bulgaria 

Coronavirus: Three Bulgarians being evacuated from Wuhan to arrive in Sofia on February 1

January 31, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Three Bulgarians will arrive in Sofia on February 1 following their evacuation from coronavirus-hit Wuhan City in China, the foreign

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Bulgaria 

Zaharieva on Brexit: ‘Bulgarians in UK will not feel a difference tomorrow’

January 31, 2020February 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

Bulgarians living in the United Kingdom will not notice a significant difference tomorrow, once the country leaves the European Union,

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Europe 

EU mobilises 10 million euro for research on the new coronavirus outbreak

January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission is to grant 10 million euro from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, to support research

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police start week-long operation against speeding

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A special police operation against breaking the speed limit is underway from January 31 to February 7, Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry

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Europe 

EU presidents on Brexit: ‘A new dawn for Europe’

January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The presidents of three European Union institutions published an op-ed on January 31 to mark Brexit, titling it “a new

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