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Year: 2022

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ECHR: Bulgarian insolvent bank CCB was denied right to fair trial

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Bulgaria’s Corporate Commercial Bank (CCB), which collapsed and had its

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Ministry slams Albanian PM Rama over ‘anti-Bulgarian’ statements

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Albania

The Foreign Ministry in Sofia has hit out at Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama over what it called his “new,

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Leisure 

Autumn Salon des Arts in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv opens on September 1

August 30, 2022September 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The annual Autumn Salon des Arts in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv – featuring a month of numerous exhibitions, theatrical and

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Bulgaria 

Islamabad’s embassy in Bulgaria appeals for aid after floods in Pakistan

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Pakistan’s embassy in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia has posted a list of urgently-needed items following the torrential monsoon rains which since

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Leisure 

Ice Park to open in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia in December

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

For the first time, Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia will have its own Ice Park, scheduled to open on December 1

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Bulgaria 

Transport Ministry: Bulgarian state railways in ‘extremely worrying’ condition

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgaria’s caretaker government has portrayed the country’s state railways BDZ passenger and goods transport divisions as in “extremely worrying” condition

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Europe 

EU gives Ukraine 5.5M potassium iodide tablets against potential radiation exposure

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union is to donate 5.5 million potassium iodide tablets to Ukraine to offer people protection in case of

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Business 

Bulgaria produced 439.2M litres of beer in 2021 – Eurostat

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria produced 439.2 million litres of beer in 2021, the country’s lowest level of beer production in five years, according

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Business 

Poll: Business climate in Bulgaria has worsened

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers see the business climate in Bulgaria

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