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World Bank June 2017 global economic prospects report sees Bulgaria’s GDP growth this year at 3%

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff World Bank

The World Bank’s June 2017 Global Economic Prospects report sees Bulgaria’s growth as ending at three per cent in 2017,

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Bulgaria 

Russian Air Force aircraft on observation mission in Bulgarian air space under ‘Open Skies’ agreement

June 5, 2017June 6, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

A Russian Air Force AN-30 aircraft will carry out aerial surveillance flights in Bulgarian air space from June 5 to

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Bulgaria 

The Sofia Globe turns five years old

June 4, 2017January 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Media

It was some time at about 8am on June 4 2012 that what was then Bulgaria’s newest English-language news and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian former interior ministry chief is now national co-ordinator of Volen Siderov’s Ataka party

June 3, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

Svetlozar Lazarov, who was chief secretary of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry from June 2013 to March 2015, is now the national

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian energy minister signs ‘roadmap’ with Gazprom on studying development of gas infrastructure in Bulgaria

June 3, 2017June 5, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and Gazprom managing board chairman Alexey Miller signed on June 3 a “roadmap” by which

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Bulgaria 

Fitch Ratings revises Bulgaria’s outlook from stable to positive

June 3, 2017June 5, 2017 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 

Bulgarian Volya party leader seeks to defend call for MPs to declare ‘homosexual conflicts of interest’

June 2, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Vesselin Mareshki

In a television interview on June 2, Bulgaria’s Volya party leader Vesselin Mareshki sought to defend his call for lawmakers

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov exits French Open

June 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov’s underwhelming clay-court season ended with a defeat in the French Open third round, as the Bulgarian fell in

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Bulgaria 

Close to 1000 additional police to be on duty at Bulgarian seaside this summer – Interior Minister

June 2, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A total of 946 police officers will be sent on duty to Bulgaria’s Black Sea summer coastal holiday resorts in

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