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Day: March 5, 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 3.4% economic growth in 2019

March 5, 2020March 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 3.4 per cent last year, based on preliminary data, the country’s National Statistics Institute (NSI) said

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Flu epidemic: All schools in Bulgaria closed until March 11

March 5, 2020March 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria has declared a nationwide influenza epidemic, closing all schools from March 6 to 11. The order was signed on

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UK names Rob Dixon as new British ambassador to Bulgaria

March 5, 2020August 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Dr Rob Dixon will become the new British ambassador to Bulgaria in August 2020, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Veliko Turnovo latest district to declare flu epidemic, closing schools

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Schools in Bulgaria’s district of Veliko Turnovo are to be closed from March 6 to 13 inclusive following the declaration

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Bulgarian prosecutors charge manager over defrauding EU funds for ‘guest house’

March 5, 2020March 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The District Prosecutor’s Office in Plovdiv has laid criminal charges against a company manager in connection with the receipt of

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Opinion: Without a migrant deal with Turkey, the EU is naked

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle

In March 2016, the European Union struck a deal with Turkey that the country would block migrants and asylum-seekers from

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