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Bulgaria has 10th-highest beer consumption per capita in EU – Brewers of Europe

December 17, 2019December 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The consumption of beer per capita in Bulgaria in 2018 was 75 litres, the 10th-highest in the European Union, according

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Bulgaria 

Water restrictions in Bulgaria’s Pernik to become stricter on December 18

December 17, 2019December 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Water restrictions in the Bulgarian town of Pernik, introduced in mid-November, are to become stricter as of December 18. Mayor

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria up 2.3% in January – November 2019

December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in January – November 2019 was 2.3 per cent higher than

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Europe 

Asylum applications in EU+ reached a new peak in October 2019

December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 587 000 applications have been lodged in the EU+ since the beginning of 2019, up by 11 per cent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria has third-highest percentage of Caesarean births in EU – Eurostat

December 17, 2019December 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

At 43.1 per cent, Bulgaria has the third-highest percentage of Caesarean births among European Union countries, EU statistics agency Eurostat

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Bulgaria 

Alpha Research: Borissov’s GERB has 3½ point lead over Bulgarian Socialist Party

December 16, 2019December 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party has a lead of about three and a half percentage points over

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Bulgaria 

Il Volo to play Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv in July 2020

December 16, 2019December 18, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Italian operatic pop trio will perform at the Ancient Theatre in Bulgaria’s city of Plovdiv on July 13 2020. The

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 3% inflation in November

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded three per cent inflation in November, rising from 2.4 per cent in October,

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Two dead in construction incident at Bulgaria nuclear waste site

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy, nuclear

Two construction workers died and two others were injured at the site of Bulgaria’s future nuclear waste storage facility near

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