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Month: August 2024

Business 

Eurostat reports increases in EU imports from, exports to, Ukraine

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

In the second quarter of 2024, both EU imports from Ukraine (+four per cent ) and EU exports to Ukraine

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Business 

NSI poll: Business climate in Bulgaria improved slightly in August

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the results of which were released on August 29, has

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Bulgaria 

MRF founder Dogan on Peevski: ‘The boy has already gone too far’

August 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

In a video posted on Facebook, Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) founder and honorary president Ahmed Dogan says of

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January-July 2024 up 28.4% y/y

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 26 945 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January-July 2024, an increase of 28.4 per cent compared

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s caretaker PM interviews parties’ nominees for European Commissioner

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev held talks with the three candidates so far nominated by parliamentary groups to be

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Europe 

EU imports from Russia in Q2 2024 down 87% compared with Q2 2022

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia, Ukraine

There was a 59 per cent decline in European Union exports to Russia and an 87 per cent drop in

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Visits to Bulgaria for holidays in July 2024 up 8.6% y/y

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of visits to Bulgaria by non-residents in July 2024 was 8.6 per cent higher than in July 2023,

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Bulgaria 

Market Links poll: GERB-UDF has strong lead ahead of Bulgaria’s early elections

August 28, 2024August 28, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Among those who intend voting in Bulgaria’s latest early parliamentary elections, to be held on October 27, Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Dogan’s MRF says it has expelled Peevski and his allies from the party

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The central operational bureau of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has decided to expel MRF co-leader and parliamentary

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