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Month: February 2024

Business 

Bulgarian economy grew by 0.5% in Q4 2023 – flash estimate

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

UK’s Cameron praises Bulgaria for economic reforms, giving up Russian oil, gas

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Visiting Sofia on February 14, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron congratulated Bulgaria on its economic reforms and on diversifying energy

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria had second-largest drop in greenhouse gas emissions in EU in Q3 2023 – Eurostat

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The largest reductions in greenhouse gases in the European Union in the third quarter of 2023 are estimated for Estonia

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Prosecutors re-submit espionage charges against group alleged to have spied for Russia

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

The Military District Prosecutor’s Office – Sofia has resubmitted to the Sofia Military Court charges against a group of six

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Bulgaria 

Nato chief welcomes unprecedented rise in alliance’s defence spending

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg released on February 14 Nato’s latest defence spending figures, which show an unprecedented increase across

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Bulgaria 

Dark parks: Sofia municipality to begin repairing lighting

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

After a deluge of complaints, Sofia municipality is finally beginning to repair the lighting in the Bulgarian capital city’s parks,

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Business 

Bulgaria’s central bank approves designs of country’s future euro coins

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone

Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has completed the process of coordinating and approving the design of the Bulgarian euro coins, the

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Business 

US, Bulgaria sign agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy

US Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs Andrew Light and Bulgarian Minister of Energy Roumen Radev signed on February

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev vetoes amendments to Penal Procedure Code

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on February 12 that he vetoed parts of the most recent bill to amend the

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