Sofia Science Festival 2017: Highlights of the programme in English
The annual Sofia Science Festival is being held from May 11 to 14 2017 at Sofia Tech Park – a
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
Borissov’s GERB nominates Dimitar Glavchev to be Speaker of the National Assembly
Boiko Borissov’s GERB party’s parliamentary group has decided unanimously to nominate Dimitar Glavchev to be Speaker of the new National
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Bulgaria on Turkish referendum: ‘Only possible path to national consensus is compliance with basic democratic norms’
Given the close results of the April 16 referendum in Turkey, the only possible path to national consensus is compliance
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Close to 90 per cent of Bulgarians own their own homes, statistics for 2016 show
About 89.7 per cent of Bulgarian households are living in dwellings that they own and 6.3 per cent live in
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In past eight years, Bulgarians have cut spending on bread, booze and cigarettes
Between 2008 and 2016, Bulgarians cut down on buying bread while consuming more fruit and vegetables – and they drank
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Russia pulls out of Eurovision 2017 song contest in Kyiv after entrant barred by Ukraine over Crimea wrangle
Russia has pulled out of 2017 Eurovision in Kyiv after Ukraine refused to allow Russian contestant Julia Samoylova to travel
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British American Tobacco to buy Bulgartabac brands, distribution unit
British American Tobacco (BAT) said on April 12 that it has reached an agreement with Bulgaria’s former state tobacco monopoly
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.9% inflation in March
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.9 per cent inflation in March, despite shrinking by 0.5 per cent compared
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Handing MiG-29 engine overhaul contract to Poland was better deal for Bulgaria than with Russia, Nenchev trial told
The conditions offered by Poland to overhaul the engines of the Bulgarian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jets were better than
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