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Month: October 2024

Europe 

European Parliament approves up to 35B euro loan to Ukraine backed by Russian assets

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff European Parliament, Russia, Ukraine

Members of the European Parliament voted on October 22 to approve a special loan of up to 35 billion euro

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January-September 2024 up 18.4% y/y

October 22, 2024October 22, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 32 393 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January-September 2024, an increase of 18.4 per cent compared

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Bulgaria 

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time on October 27 2024

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Clocks in Bulgaria change to winter time at 4am on October 27 2024, the final Sunday of the month, going

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Europe 

EU on Moldova’s votes: Unprecedented interference and intimidation by Russia

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Georgia, Moldova, Russia

The October 20 votes in Moldova – on changing the constitution to press ahead with seeking EU membership, and a

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Business 

Fitch keeps Bulgaria’s credit rating unchanged despite ‘likely’ euro zone entry delay

October 20, 2024October 20, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, macroeconomic indicators

Fitch Ratings has re-affirmed Bulgaria’s long-term foreign and local currency ratings at ‘BBB’, with a positive rating outlook, despite continued

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s October 2024 elections: Dossier Commission discloses who worked for communist-era secret services

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Dossier Commission

The Dossier Commission, the body required by law to disclose who in various walks of public life worked for Bulgaria’s

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Bulgaria 

World Bank slightly raises economic growth forecast for Bulgaria for 2024

October 18, 2024October 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank is projecting 2.2 per cent economic growth in Bulgaria in 2024, an increase of 0.1 percentage points

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Bulgaria 

Remembrance Day 2024 services to be held in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv and Sofia

October 18, 2024November 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

This year’s annual Remembrance Day Services will be held in Plovdiv Central Cemetery on November 10 and in Sofia Central

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Bulgaria 

BG-Alert test: Most did not receive message

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Most people in Bulgaria did not receive messages on their phones during a scheduled test of the BG-Alert system on

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