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Month: September 2020

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria January-August 2020 Budget surplus at 1.62B leva

September 30, 2020October 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on September 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first eight months of 2020 was

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Bulgaria 

EU Rule of Law report: Bulgaria gets familiar flaws factsheet

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission, judiciary

The European Commission’s first EU-wide report on the rule of law, published on September 30, raised a number of concerns

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to pull 2-leva bill from circulation on January 1 2021

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said that its governing council has decided to withdraw the two-leva banknote from circulation starting on

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian MPs overrule President’s veto on Judiciary Act amendments

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on September 30 to overturn President Roumen Radev’s veto on a bill of amendments to the

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Increased optimism in Bulgaria’s retail sector in September

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found a small improvement in views of Bulgaria’s business

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Bulgaria 

Civil defence sirens to be tested in several cities in Bulgaria on October 1

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Civil defence sirens will sound in a test in several Bulgarian cities on October 1 at 11am, the Interior Ministry

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Bulgaria 

Covid-19 in Bulgaria: 6 new deaths, active cases rise to 5245

September 30, 2020October 1, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The death toll linked to new coronavirus in Bulgaria has risen by six in the past 24 hours to a

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Bulgaria 

Six MPs quit opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party group

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Kornelia Ninova

Six members of Parliament are quitting the parliamentary group of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, a few days after Kornelia

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov: Bulgaria looking into buying 8 more F-16s

September 29, 2020September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose country is acquiring eight F-16 fighter jets, told representatives of manufacturer Lockheed Martin at

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