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Bulgaria January-September 2016 Budget surplus at 3.36B leva, below forecast

November 1, 2016November 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first nine months of 2016 was 3.36 billion leva,

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Bulgarian Cabinet approves draft 2017 Budget

October 31, 2016October 30, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Government approved the 2017 Budget bill drafted by the Finance Ministry, holding at a special meeting on October 31,

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Bulgaria’s 2016 elections: Daily roundup, October 31

October 31, 2016November 2, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2016

Monday October 31 finds Bulgaria’s 21 presidential candidates in the final week ahead of what is likely to prove to

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After blocking border crossings, Bulgarian transport drivers threaten further protests

October 31, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Traffic at Bulgarian border checkpoints including Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo was blocked for two hours by protesting lorry transport drivers

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Bulgaria’s 2016 road death toll reaches 589 at end of October

October 31, 2016November 2, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 589 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria since the start of 2016, the Interior Ministry

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Bulgarian police arrest two over illegal dog fighting in Plovdiv

October 30, 2016October 30, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Bulgarian police have arrested two men in connection with illegal dog fighting involving pitbulls in the northern industrial zone of

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Bulgarian PM Borissov: President Plevneliev will not be candidate to replace Georgieva as European Commissioner

October 29, 2016November 1, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2016, Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 29 that incumbent head of state President Rossen Plevneliev will not be

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Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva quits European Commission to become World Bank CEO

October 28, 2016November 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Kristalina Georgieva, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva has resigned from the European Commission and will become World Bank chief executive from January 2 2017,

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Total finds oil on Bulgaria’s Black Sea shelf

October 28, 2016November 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

French oil and gas company Total said in its third-quarter earnings report on October 28 that it found oil on

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