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Bulgaria utilities regulator cuts gas prices by 2.3%

December 30, 2015December 30, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator decided on December 30 to cut the gas prices by 2.3 per cent starting January 1, while

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Business sentiment in Bulgaria slides slightly in December 2015

December 30, 2015December 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

A monthly poll of the business climate in Bulgaria saw a slight decrease, by 0.7 percentage points, in December 2015

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Bulgaria detains Macedonian national on charges of trafficking of migrants

December 29, 2015December 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees

migrBulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on December 29 that police has detained a Macedonian national as he was driving a lorry

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At least five MPs set to leave Bulgaria’s MRF parliamentary group – reports

December 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Media reports in Bulgaria claimed that at least five MPs were set to follow in the footsteps of former Movement

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Bulgaria says detailed plan of Serbia gas interconnector ready

December 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Energy Ministry said on December 28 that it has completed the first stage of preparations to build the gas

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s MRF central council dismisses Mestan as leader and member of party

December 24, 2015January 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan, Lyutvi Mestan

A special meeting of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms on December 24 fired Lyutvi Mestan as leader of the

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In a class of its own: The American College of Sofia

December 24, 2015January 10, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

“What is the communicative value of this sentence?” asks Roumy Ivanova. Hands shoot up for the chance to answer. We

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Bulgaria sheds support for euro, image of EU – Eurostat

December 23, 2015January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Eurostat

Just 37 per cent of Bulgarians are in favour of the euro, a drop of six percentage points in recent

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian court rejects case over ownership of Alexander Nevsky cathedral

December 23, 2015January 4, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Sofia

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court has rejected a court action challenging the proceedings by which the Cabinet awarded ownership of Sofia’s

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