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Month: February 2020

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Bulgaria Air signs code share partnership with Qatar Airways

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria Air has signed a code share partnership with Qatar Airways, the Bulgarian flag carrier said in a media statement.

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Bulgaria 

Ukrainian national in Bulgaria tests negative for coronavirus

February 17, 2020February 28, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

A Ukrainian national in Bulgaria’s Stara Zagora, who recently returned from China, has tested negative for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus, the

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Bulgaria 

Judge asks sides to consider settlement in Sofia air quality lawsuit

February 17, 2020February 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The latest hearing in the class-action air pollution lawsuit against Sofia city hall has not resulted in a final ruling

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Bulgaria 

Number of stray cats in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv soaring – report

February 16, 2020February 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A German NGO estimates that there are now 50 000 stray cats in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv, a number eight

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual inflation hits new seven-year high 4.2% in January

February 14, 2020February 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 4.2 per cent inflation in January, data released by the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.7% economic growth in Q4 2019 – flash estimate

February 14, 2020February 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.7 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2019, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Deputy PM: Buying voting machines will cost about 30M leva

February 14, 2020February 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Preliminary government estimates are that buying voting machines will cost about 30 million leva (about 15.3 million euro), Bulgarian Deputy

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Bulgaria 

Sixth annual ‘Coffee of Tolerance’ held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv

February 14, 2020February 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The leaders of the Muslim community in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv held on February 14 the sixth annual “Coffee of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns on general strike in Greece on February 18

February 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to citizens that a general strike is planned to be held in Greece

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