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Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2018 was 4.8% – Eurostat

July 31, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Unemployment in Bulgaria is continuing its steady decrease, falling to 4.8 per cent in June 2018, in turn down from

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Bulgaria 

Largest share of household spending in Bulgaria is on food – Eurostat

July 31, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Household spending in Bulgaria is mostly devoted to food, EU statistics agency Eurostat said on July 31, citing figures for

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria high court strikes down amended Pirin National Park plan, Bansko ski lift

July 30, 2018January 16, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

A three-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court has overturned the Cabinet’s changes to the Pirin National Park management plan,

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Bulgaria 

Stable doors: Burnt historic building to receive protected status – Bulgaria’s Culture Minister

July 30, 2018August 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The historic “King’s Stables” building in central Sofia, the roof of which was destroyed in a large fire this past

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarians outraged after fire at historic ‘Royal Stables’ building in central Sofia

July 29, 2018July 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

There has been outrage among Bulgarians after an early-morning fire on July 29 devastated the roof of the historic “King’s

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s state-owned hotels: World Bank report critical of costs and losses

July 29, 2018August 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

A new World Bank report outlines the millions of leva in losses incurred by Bulgaria’s state-owned hotels. The report covers

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court rules Istanbul Convention is unconstitutional

July 27, 2018August 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ruled on July 27 that the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on domestic violence blurred the definition

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov: Ruling coalition is stable

July 26, 2018July 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov, Volen Siderov

Bulgaria’s ruling coalition is stable and the misunderstandings have been smoothed out, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 26

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian political melodrama: Ataka leader Siderov claims Simeonov’s MP attacked him

July 26, 2018July 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Volen Siderov

An emergency meeting of the coalition council of the parties in Bulgaria’s government was called on July 26 to try

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