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Cleves announces appointment of new general manager

August 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Cleves, the premier owner and operator of residential rental apartments in Sofia, announces that Peter Diakov, General Manager, will leave

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov hints at sackings after Trade Register debacle

August 16, 2018August 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on August 16 that he planned to make changes in the management of the

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Bulgaria 

Work starts on new 16km stretch of Bulgaria’s Hemus Motorway

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and other senior officials attended a ceremony on August 16 to inaugurate construction of a 16km

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Bulgaria 

Draining of oil spill shipwreck off Bulgaria’s Sozopol ‘could begin within days’

August 15, 2018August 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Draining of heavy fuel oil from the Mopang, the American vessel sunk off Sozopol in 1921 and the source of

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Bulgaria 

After Genoa tragedy, Bulgarian PM calls for action to fix bridges

August 15, 2018August 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

A day after the collapse of a motorway bridge in the Italian city of Genoa that cost at least 39

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Child’s grave dating back 3000 years found at Bulgaria’s Ryahovets fortress site

August 14, 2018August 20, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology

Bulgarian archaeologists Ilian Petrakiev and Maya Ivanova have found a gravesite of a child that dates back more than 3000

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q2 2018 – flash estimate

August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the second quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.5% inflation in July

August 14, 2018August 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.5 per cent inflation in July, up 0.3 percentage points compared to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria among 22 European countries in ‘action week’ against child trafficking

August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-four suspects were arrested in an EU-wide “action week” against child trafficking, European police agency Europol said on August 14.

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