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Month: August 2024

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Warning of hazardous weather for Bourgas district over forecast heavy rain

August 31, 2024August 31, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national weather bureau has issued the Code Red warning of very hazardous weather for the Bourgas district for September

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Business 

Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 1.9% for September 2024

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 1.9 per cent increase in the regulated gas price in the country for the

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Bulgaria 

August 2024 in Bulgaria one of hottest since modern record-keeping began

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

August 2024 has been one of the warmest Augusts in Bulgaria since modern record-keeping began in 1930, Bulgaria’s national weather

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government approves 100M leva draft budget for latest early parliamentary elections

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Meeting on August 30, Bulgaria’s caretaker government approved a draft budget of 100 028 000 leva for the country’s latest

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker government names candidates to be European Commissioner

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Meeting on August 30, the Bulgarian caretaker government headed by Dimitar Glavchev decided to nominate GERB-UDF’s Ekaterina Zaharieva and We

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways offers steam train trip on September 6, Unification Day

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ has organised a steam train excursion for the country’s September 6 Unification Day. Unification Day commemorates

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Tensions over residences latest episode in Peevski vs Dogan clash

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There was a shoving match on August 30 between supporters of Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) founder Ahmed Dogan

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Business 

Prices of package holidays in Bulgaria up 4.1% in July 2024 y/y – Eurostat

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In July 2024, the consumer price of package holidays in Bulgaria was 4.1 per cent higher than in July 2023,

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2024 was 4%

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2024 was four per cent, unchanged from June 2024 and down from 4.6 per cent

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