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Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission outlines elections options

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, Bulgaria European Parliament elections 2024, European elections 2024

Bulgaria’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said on April 4 that it was ready for “two-in-one” simultaneous European Parliament and National

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Bulgaria 

Outgoing PM Denkov: Peevski is the biggest evil happening to Bulgaria

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Nikolai Denkov

Outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, in an interview on April 4, described Movement for Rights and Freedoms co-leader Delyan Peevski

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Bulgaria 

European Parliament 2024 elections: 348 701 first-time voters in Bulgaria – estimate

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2024, European elections 2024, European Parliament, European Parliament elections 2024

In Bulgaria, a total of 348 701 people have reached voting age since the previous European Parliament elections in 2019,

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Bulgaria 

US court sentences OneCoin Bulgarian official to four years in prison

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos has sentenced Bulgarian national Irina Dilkinska to four years in prison for her role

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s outgoing government provides 268.8M leva for state administration pay hikes

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s outgoing Nikolai Denkov government has allocated 268.85 million leva for increases in basic salaries of state administration employees, to

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Bulgaria 

Tourism Ministry expects tourist visits to Bulgaria this past winter to have risen 5%

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Between December 1 2023 and March 25 2024, there were 1.8 million tourist registrations in Bulgaria, and the country’s Tourism

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Business 

Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2024 was 4.4%

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in February 2024 was 4.4 per cent, unchanged from January 2024 and up from 4.1 per cent

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Business 

ECHR orders Bulgaria to pay damages over ineffective investigation into fraudulent takeover of firm

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered the Bulgarian state to pay damages to a Bulgarian national who

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament approves amendments linked to appointment of caretaker PM

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at a special sitting on April 2 the second and final reading of amendments to laws to

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