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Ski season on Sofia’s Vitosha Mountain to open with night skiing event on January 3

January 3, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia, tourism

The 2017 ski season on Vitosha Mountain Bulgaria’s capital Sofia is to open with a night skiing event on January

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Former Bulgarian economy minister says indicted by prosecutors

January 2, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgarian former energy and economy minister Traicho Traikov said on January 1 that he has been indicted on charges of

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Bulgaria January-November 2016 Budget surplus at 3.47B leva

December 30, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first 11 months of 2016 was 3.47 billion leva,

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Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 4.7%

December 30, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator decided on December 30 to raise the gas prices by 4.7 per cent starting January 1 2017,

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Bulgaria campaigns against illegal migration in lorries

December 29, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry and the Association of Bulgarian Enterprises for International Transport and Roads have unveiled a joint project

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Bulgaria slams Russia over ‘weapons to Syria’ claims

December 29, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has rejected allegations that his country has exported weapons to the conflict in Syria and

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Death toll on Bulgaria’s roads so far in 2016 reaches 700

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven hundred people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria so far in 2016, a total of 43 in December

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Bulgaria re-opens concession tender for Plovdiv Airport

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgaria’s outgoing Cabinet said on December 28 that it decided to re-open the tender for a 35-year concession on the

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Flu epidemics declared in Bulgaria’s Harmanli, Haskovo districts

December 28, 2016March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian regional health authorities declared flu epidemics on December 28 in the districts of Harmanli and Haskovo, a day after

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