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Month: June 2023

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World Bank lowers economic growth forecast for Bulgaria

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank is forecasting Bulgaria’s real GDP growth to come in at 1.5%, a reduction of 0.2 percentage points

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s National Assembly elects Denkov government

June 6, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on June 6 to elect a government headed by We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria’s Nikolai Denkov,

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Bulgaria 

Eurobarometer: 62% of Bulgarians not satisfied with the way democracy works in the country

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Sixty-two per cent of Bulgarians are not satisfied with the way democracy works in the country, according to the findings

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Bulgaria 

EC approves 77M euro Bulgarian state aid for high unemployment areas

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on June 6 that it has approved 77 million euro in state aid for a Bulgarian

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Europe 

Ukraine accuses Russia of attack on Nova Kakhovka dam

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s military has accused Russia of breaching the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro river in the southern Kherson region

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Three-quarters of Bulgarians say they have difficulty covering daily expenses

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Seventy-five per cent of Bulgarians polled by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said that in the first quarter of 2023,

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Bulgaria 

Poll: 52% of Bulgarians would vote in favour of proposed government if they were MPs

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Fifty-two per cent of Bulgarians would vote in favour of the government proposed by the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament to hold special sitting to vote on proposed government

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Rossen Zhelyazkov, has called a special sitting on June 6 at 1pm to vote

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Bulgaria 

WCC-Democratic Bulgaria candidate PM presents proposed government to President

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

At a brief ceremony on June 5, the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition’s candidate Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov presented

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