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Month: January 2020

Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria rose 3% in 2019 – ACEA

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in 2019 was three per cent higher than in 2018, according

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Bulgaria 

Anti-discrimination body opens hearings on ultra-nationalist’s statement that Roma, Jews, Turks, Armenians are ‘guests’ in Bulgaria

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection against Discrimination has begun hearings on a complaint against ultra-nationalist Bulgarian National Union leader Zvezdomir Andronov

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Europe 

Brexit: Members of European Parliament concerned about citizens’ rights

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

In a resolution adopted on January 15, members of the European Parliament took stock of citizens’ rights in the context

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Bulgaria 

Fraport served 4.97M passengers at Bulgarian airports in 2019

January 15, 2020January 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

German airport operator Fraport has served 4.97 million passengers at its two Bulgarian airports in 2019, a 10.7 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual inflation hits seven-year high 3.8% in 2019

January 15, 2020February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.8 per cent inflation in December 2019, data released by the National Statistical

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria pulls EU funding application for Strouma Motorway

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s road infrastructure agency API said on January 15 that it temporarily withdrew its application for European Union funding for

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Bulgaria Paid publication 

Anglo-American School of Sofia holding Open House on Febuary 5

January 15, 2020March 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Are you curious to know more about Bulgaria’s top international school? Have you ever wondered what it might be like

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Bulgaria 

Eight arrested in bust of real estate fraud group in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia

January 15, 2020January 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Eight people have been taken into 24-hour custody in connection with a real estate fraud scheme in Bulgaria’s capital city

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM holds talks with Egyptian President Sisi

January 15, 2020January 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

The real breakthrough in the political contacts between Bulgaria and Egypt that we have made over the last two years

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