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Month: August 2023

Business 

Bulgaria annual inflation declines to 8.5% in July

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 8.5 per cent inflation in July 2023, a small drop from 8.7 per

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Business 

Bulgarian economy grew by 0.4% in Q2 2023 – flash estimate

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Business 

Bulgarian competition regulator clears Tawal deal to buy telecom towers

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has ruled to approve the proposed sale of United Group’s mobile telephony towers

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World 

NASA: July 2023 was hottest month on record ever since 1880

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, July 2023 was hotter than any

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian embassy ‘not informed’ of UK holding three nationals for allegedly spying for Russia

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Bulgarian embassy in London had not been informed by authorities in the UK that they had taken into custody

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister: Only isolated cases affected by Russian revocation of licences

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Todor Tagarev reacted on August 15 to reports that Russia intended revoking Bulgarian businesses’ licences to repair

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Navy steps up anti-mine surveillance after blast at Romanian resort

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Romania, Russia, Ukraine

Bulgaria’s Navy has stepped up anti-mine surveillance to ensure the safety of shipping, following reports about an explosion on August

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Perspectives 

Dixon explains why Ocampo’s report is politically biased by Armenian separatists

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 Igor Chalenko

By order of the “president” of the Armenian pro-Russian separatists in Karabakh, Arayik Aratyunyan, the ex-prosecutor of the International Criminal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Defence Minister: Protection of Black Sea is top priority for Nato

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Because of the changed situation, Nato has defined the protection of the Black Sea as top priority, Bulgaria’s Defence Minister

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