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Month: April 2024

Bulgaria 

US court sentences OneCoin Bulgarian official to four years in prison

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos has sentenced Bulgarian national Irina Dilkinska to four years in prison for her role

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing government provides 268.8M leva for state administration pay hikes

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing Nikolai Denkov government has allocated 268.85 million leva for increases in basic salaries of state administration employees, to

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Ministry expects tourist visits to Bulgaria this past winter to have risen 5%

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Between December 1 2023 and March 25 2024, there were 1.8 million tourist registrations in Bulgaria, and the country’s Tourism

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2024 was 4.4%

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2024 was 4.4 per cent, unchanged from January 2024 and up from 4.1 per cent

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Business 

ECHR orders Bulgaria to pay damages over ineffective investigation into fraudulent takeover of firm

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Bulgarian state to pay damages to a Bulgarian national who

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament approves amendments linked to appointment of caretaker PM

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at a special sitting on April 2 the second and final reading of amendments to laws to

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Business 

Bulgaria records 994.4M leva Budget surplus in January-February 2024

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 994.4 million leva in the first two months of the

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Bulgaria 

US Air Force B-1 bombers in joint exercise with Bulgarian Air Force

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian Air Force and United States Air Force are conducting a joint exercise in Bulgaria on April 2 involving

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria begins April 2024 with temperatures very high for the season

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s weather bureau reported on April 1 a series of very high temperatures across the country, though adding that the

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