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Eurostat: EU exports to Ukraine up 17.9%, imports down 2.5% in Q1 2025 y/y

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Ukraine

In the first quarter of 2025, exports from the European Union to Ukraine were 17.9 per cent higher than in

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Business 

Eurostat: New lows for EU unemployment in 2024

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In 2024, the unemployment rate for 15-74 years old in the European Union fell to 5.9 per cent of the labour force,

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Business 

Borshosh: Euro introduction will bring long-term benefits to Bulgarian tourism

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, tourism

The introduction of the euro in Bulgaria will bring long-term benefits to Bulgarian tourism, Minister of Tourism Miroslav Borshosh said

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Bulgaria 

IOM Bulgaria launching free online Bulgarian language courses for legally residing migrants

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Organization for Migration in Bulgaria – IOM Bulgaria is launching at the beginning of June free online courses

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Bulgaria 

NSI: Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria has risen

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population, calculated for the period 2022 – 2024, is 75.6 years, an increase

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Europe 

European Parliament approves new tariffs on Russian and Belarusian agricultural goods

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Belarus, European Parliament, Russia

In a vote on May 22, the European Parliament approved increased tariffs on fertilisers and certain Russian and Belarusian agricultural

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Bulgaria 

EC opens new infringement case against Bulgaria

May 22, 2025May 22, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff European Commission

The European Commission said on May 22 that it opened a new infringement case against Bulgaria for failing to recognize

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways is offering a steam train trip on June 1

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering an excursion on a special train drawn by a steam engine on the occasion

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Business 

EC proposes measures to cut companies’ administrative costs ‘by further 400M euro a year’

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Commission (EC) said on May 21 that it proposes to cut 400 million euro in annual administrative cost for

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