Bulgaria competition watchdog fines Lukoil 67.8M leva for abuse of dominant position
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) said on February 17 that it levied a 67.8 million leva, or 34.7
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Month: February 2023
Eurostat: Business bankruptcies in EU in Q4 2022 highest since 2015
The number of bankruptcy declarations among businesses in the European Union increased substantially in the fourth quarter of 2022, at
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Tourism numbers in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia ‘recovering extremely quickly after the pandemic’
Tourism numbers in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia are recovering quickly after the pandemic, according to statements by Sofia municipality and
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Bulgaria offers ‘Startup Visa’ to non-EU foreigners
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Innovation and Growth (MIG) has opened an application procedure for a “StartUp Visa” to be issued to foreign
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Bulgaria: 18 NGOs sign declaration against hate speech and for banning of pro-fascist Lukov March
Representatives of 18 non-governmental organisations signed on February 16 a declaration “Against the hate that divides us” that states rejection
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UN and partners appeal for $43.4M to help refugees from Ukraine in Bulgaria
With the war in Ukraine about to enter its second year, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and 18 UN and
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MEPs urge ‘serious consideration’ for fighter jets for Ukraine, tougher sanctions on Russia
In a resolution approved on February 16, the European Parliament called on EU countries to give serious consideration to delivering
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FDI in Bulgaria in 2022 was 2.25B euro – central bank data
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in 2022 stood at 2.25 billion euro, the equivalent of 2.7 per cent of the
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Sofia Airport: Lufthansa flights on February 17 cancelled
All Lufthansa flights connecting Bulgaria’s capital to Frankfurt and Munich, respectively, on February 17 have been cancelled, Sofia Airport said.
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