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Day: August 17, 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Car windscreen smashed as motorist tries to run anti-government protesters’ blockade

August 17, 2020August 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Tensions ran high in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on the night of August 17 when a car, in which a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria ruling party tables draft new constitution in Parliament

August 17, 2020August 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party parliamentary group tabled a draft new constitution of Bulgaria in the National Assembly

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Business 

Covid-19: EC approves 4.4M euro Bulgarian state aid for Bourgas, Varna airports

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission said on August 17 that it has approved 4.4 million euro in Bulgarian state aid aimed at

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in H1 2020 was 263M euro

August 17, 2020August 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first half of 2020 stood at 263 million euro, the equivalent of 0.5

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.2% inflation in July

August 17, 2020August 19, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.2 per cent inflation in July, falling from 1.6 per cent in June,

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 4681 active cases, 807 in hospital, 3 more deaths

August 17, 2020August 18, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The number of active cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria has risen by four in the past 24 hours to a

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