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Poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria unchanged in September 2019

September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that business sentiment in Bulgaria in September 2019

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Bulgaria 

International journalists’, broadcasting bodies speak out on Bulgarian National Radio controversy

September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined their affiliate, the Union of Bulgarian Journalists

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways suspends 14 passenger trains because of locomotive shortage

September 29, 2019October 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is suspending 14 passenger trains from September 30 to October 20 so that it can use

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Campaigning in Sofia mayoral elections begins

September 29, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

Official campaigning in the autumn 2019 mayoral elections in Sofia has begun, with 20 candidates vying to be first citizen

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2019 local elections: Refusal of Ivancheva’s candidacy for Sofia mayor overturned

September 28, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria local elections 2019, Sofia

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has overturned a ruling by the Sofia municipal election commission that barred former Mladost district

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with head of American Jewish Committee

September 28, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s active co-operation with the American Jewish community has an important role to play, both in the development of bilateral

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Bulgaria 

Broadcast regulator gives head of Bulgarian National Radio a week to resign

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Three months after appointing him, broadcast regulator the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) has given Bulgarian National Radio Svetoslav Kostov

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Bulgaria 

Record number of foreign tourists in Bulgaria in August 2019 – statistics institute

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

The number of foreign tourists who visited Bulgaria in August 2019 was 3.8 per cent higher than in August 2018,

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Bulgaria 

Angelkova: 346 000 people employed in Bulgaria’s tourism industry

September 27, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

There are about 27 000 enterprises involved in the hotel and restaurant business in Bulgaria and more than 346 000

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