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FDI in Bulgaria in January-May was 517.3M euro

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of 2016 stood at 517.3 million euro, the equivalent of

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Bulgaria 

Officials: ‘No evidence of a specific threat of a terrorist act in Bulgaria’

July 15, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian government’s consultative group on counter-terrorism met on July 15 in the wake of the terrorist attack in the

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Bulgarian President: Nice terror attack is against the foundations of our civilisation

July 15, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria is shaken by the terrorist attack in Nice and strongly condemns “this attack on the foundations of our civilisation,”

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Crime rate in Bulgaria down in 2015 – statistics institute

July 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

The crime rate in Bulgaria in 2015 was just more than 12 per cent lower than the previous year, the

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Nice attack: Bulgarian PM says ‘what we did in Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan generates terrorism’

July 15, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has expressed his country’s condolences after the July 14 terrorist attack in Nice in which

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Bulgarian Prime Minister congratulates May on appointment as UK PM

July 14, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has congratulated Theresa May on her appointment as the UK prime minister, the Bulgarian government

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM to hold talks with coalition partners on Cabinet reshuffle

July 14, 2016July 18, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on July 14 that he would hold talks with coalition government partners on a

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Bulgarian Cabinet adopts cyber security policy

July 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Cabinet adopted on July 13 a national cyber security policy, entitled “Cyber Resilient Bulgaria 2020”, a step taken against

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Bulgaria 

For Bulgaria, Theresa May is a known quantity

July 13, 2016July 18, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Brexit

No doubt as a matter of course, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov will be cabling congratulations to his new counterpart

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