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Month: January 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Environment Minister Dimov faces mismanagement charges, resigns

January 10, 2020January 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Environment Minister Neno Dimov, who was facing charges of mismanagement that resulted in the ongoing water shortage in the town

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Bulgaria imposes countrywide ban on transport of pigs

January 10, 2020January 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

A countrywide ban on the transportation of pigs to and from breeding farms and slaughterhouses has come into effect, as

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Bulgaria 

TEDxVitosha2020 is almost here

January 9, 2020January 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

One of the most thrilling networking events is just around the corner. TEDxVitosha is coming in two weeks and we

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Europe 

UK parliament approves Brexit withdrawal deal

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Deutsche Welle Brexit

Member of the House of Commons ratified the government’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill on Thursday evening by 330 votes to 231. The bill,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Environment Minister Neno Dimov arrested – reports

January 9, 2020January 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov has been taken into 24-hour custody, several Bulgarian media reported on January

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian economy to grow by 3% in 2020 – World Bank forecast

January 9, 2020January 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy was set to grow by three per cent in 2020, according to the latest World Bank’s Global Economic

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s security council agrees five recommendations on Middle East crisis

January 9, 2020January 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A January 9 meeting of Bulgaria’s Consultative Council on National Security agreed on five points in response to the current

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Bulgaria 

Unemployment in Bulgaria in November 2019 was 3.7% – Eurostat

January 9, 2020January 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in November 2019 was 3.7 per cent, down from 4.8 per cent in November 2018, according to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency confirms four new outbreaks of African Swine Fever

January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said that it had on January 8 confirmed four new outbreaks of African Swine Fever,

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