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Bulgaria’s Justice Minister Tsacheva submits resignation after apartment controversy

March 23, 2019March 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Tsetska Tsacheva submitted her resignation as Justice Minister after talks on the morning of March 23 with Prime Minister Boiko

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Bulgaria 

Fitch Ratings raises Bulgaria’s outlook from stable to positive

March 23, 2019August 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Fitch Ratings has revised Bulgaria’s outlook to positive from stable while affirming the sovereign’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Entrance gate to ancient city of Odessos found in Bulgaria’s Varna

March 23, 2019March 26, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Varna

One of the entrance gates to the ancient city of Odessos, a settlement dating back to at least the seventh

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s competition watchdog approves sale of broadcaster Nova Televizia

March 22, 2019March 25, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has approved the proposed sale of Modern Times Group’s (MTG) majority stake in

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Bulgaria 

Radoslav Milenkov appointed central bank deputy governor for bank supervision

March 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament appointed Radoslav Milenkov as deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank in charge of bank supervision on March

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria anti-corruption body to probe ruling majority politicians’ apartment deals

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev, Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Bulgaria’s anti-corruption commission is to investigate allegations of crimes regarding the acquisition of high-end apartments at relatively low prices by

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian pensioners’ 40 leva ‘bonus’: What does it buy?

March 21, 2019March 23, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Almost unfailingly, whichever political party is in power, Bulgaria’s government votes a “bonus” for pensioners in the lowest pay bracket,

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Bulgaria 

Eurostat: Emigrants from Bulgaria outnumbered immigrants in 2017

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria was among six European Union countries where the number of emigrants outnumbered the number of immigrants in 2017, EU

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European People’s Party suspends Hungarian PM Orbán’s Fidesz party

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

Following a vote in the European People’s Party (EPP) Political Assembly, the membership of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor party Viktor

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