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Bulgaria’s annual GDP growth in 2016 was 3.4% – statistical institute

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s GDP for 2016 increased in real terms by 3.4 per cent compared to 2015, the National Statistical Institute said

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Europe 

European Court: EU member countries not obliged to grant humanitarian visas to asylum-seekers

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

European Union countries are not required, under EU law, to grant a humanitarian visa to people who wish to enter

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political parties spent more than a million leva on media advertising in first 10 days of election campaign – study

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Media

Ten days after the start of the official campaign period ahead of Bulgaria’s March 26 2017 parliamentary elections, political parties

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Bulgaria 

Row in Bulgarian town of Belene over church sheltering Syrian refugee family

March 7, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Syrian refugees

In a case similar to the one in the Bulgarian town of Elin Pelin some weeks ago, there is a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev steps in to Pirin National Park controversy

March 6, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has stepped in to the controversy around the future of Pirin National Park,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Justice Ministry proposes changes to rules on applying for Bulgarian citizenship

March 6, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry has proposed changes to the rules for applying for Bulgarian citizenship in a move directed at tightening

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The headquarters in Sofia of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Photo: Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Bulgaria 

Two candidates shortlisted in election to be next Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Vratsa

March 5, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Three rounds of voting by a diocesan electoral college on March 5 produced a shortlist of two candidates to be

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s 2017 elections: Central Election Commission announces polling stations abroad

March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017

The United Kingdom will have the largest number of polling stations abroad in Bulgaria’s March 2017 early parliamentary elections, a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission names former State Security people sent to Nato, other international bodies

March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Nato

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body empowered by law to announce members of the communist-era secret services who went on to

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