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Month: September 2024

Europe 

European auditors: Covid recovery money trickles slower than planned into real economy

September 2, 2024September 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The first three years of the EU’s 724 billion euro Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) have seen delays in funds

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s electoral commission decides to register both MRF factions simultaneously

September 2, 2024September 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

Faced with rivalry over which of the two factions of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) would be first

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria: Uncertainty lingers over election registrations of rival MRF factions

September 2, 2024September 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024

The opening day of registrations of parties for Bulgaria’s October early parliamentary elections was temporarily derailed by the dispute between

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Business 

Bulgaria records 972.1M leva Budget deficit in January-July 2024

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

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 972.1 million leva in the first seven months of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Socialist Party expels former leader Ninova

September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Kornelia Ninova

The national council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) voted by an overwhelming majority at a meeting on September 1

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s road accident death toll in January-August 2024 is 294

September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 294 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads between January 1 and August 31 2024, according to

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