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Electricity distributor CEZ files arbitration claim against Bulgaria

July 13, 2016July 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Czech energy group CEZ became the third electricity distribution firm to file an arbitration claim against Bulgaria with the World

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30 000 Bulgarians emigrated in 2015

July 13, 2016July 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency

Close to 30 000 Bulgarians emigrated in 2015, mainly to Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, according to a research

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Problem of hate speech worsening in Bulgaria – survey

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

More and more hate speech is being heard in Bulgaria in 2016, most often directed against Roma people, but also

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Bulgaria optimistic about nuclear reactor deal with Iran – PM

July 12, 2016July 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Belene, Boiko Borissov, energy, nuclear

Iran has shown interest in reviewing Bulgaria’s proposal to sell its Russian-made nuclear reactors from the shelved Belene nuclear power

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Canada to brief EU in autumn on timeline for lifting visas for Bulgarians and Romanians

July 12, 2016July 13, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Canadian technical experts will visit Bulgaria at the end of July 2016, after visiting Romania last month, as a part

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.3% deflation in June

July 12, 2016July 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s consumer price index (CPI) shrank by 1.3 per cent year-on-year in June 2016, while the monthly data showed a

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Bulgarian Prosecutor-General: Sunny Beach is a ‘state within a state’

July 12, 2016July 13, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov has described the Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach, site of a June 2016 shootout that

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Bulgaria, Iran discuss transport, energy co-operation

July 11, 2016July 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, energy

During a visit to Tehran by a Bulgarian delegation led by Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria and Iran have signed

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Spain busts Bulgarian-run factories producing illegal cigarettes worth millions of euro

July 11, 2016July 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff smoking

Law enforcement authorities in Madrid and Sofia have unveiled details of a bust some days ago in which 22 people,

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