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NSI: Household income in Bulgaria up 10% in 2023 y/y, spending up 19.7%

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Real household income in Bulgaria – calculated as nominal income is deflated by annual average indices of consumer prices –

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Business 

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in first quarter of 2024 up 46.8% y/y

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

There were 11 528 new passenger car registrations in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 46.8

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Europe 

EU leaders urge swift adoption of proposed transfer of Russian frozen assets to Ukraine

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

European Union leaders have welcomed progress on the proposals to direct extraordinary revenues from Russia’s frozen assets to benefit Ukraine,

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Europe 

EU to adopt new sanctions on Iran

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

European Union leaders strongly condemned Iran’s attack against Israel and announced that there will be new sanctions on Iran, according

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Easter 2024 long weekend gets longer for many school pupils

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

May 2 will be a non-school day in several municipalities and districts in Bulgaria, making the 2024 Orthodox Easter long

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Bulgaria 

Bid for ‘vote of no confidence’ in Bulgaria’s recently-appointed caretaker government

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Dimitar Glavchev, Roumen Radev

The three smallest groups in Bulgaria’s National Assembly said on April 17 that they had gathered sufficient signatures to petition

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament elections: Half of Bulgarians intend to vote – Eurobarometer

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024

Were this year’s European Parliament elections to be held next week, 50 per cent of Bulgarians declared themselves likely to

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Business 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-February 2024 was 260.2M euro

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first two months of the year stood at 260.2 million euro, the equivalent

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Europe 

EU foreign ministers call on all in Middle East to ‘move away from abyss’

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Israel

European Union foreign ministers have taken a strong stance asking all actors in the Middle East to move away from

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