Bulgaria Budget surplus at 890M leva in H1 2015
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus in the first half of 2015 came in at 890 million
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EC approves 34M euro Bulgaria – Serbia cross-border co-operation programme
The European Commission has approved the 34 million euro Bulgaria-Serbia Cross-border Co-operation Programme for 2014 to 2020, which covers six
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Archaeology: Fifth-century tomb found on St Ivan island near Bulgaria’s Sozopol
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a tomb, estimated to date from the fifth century CE, on St Ivan island off the
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Bulgarian archaeologists make rare find of fragment of 11th-century rakiya cauldron
Archaeologists working at the Lyutitsa fortress near Ivailovgrad in southern Bulgaria have found a fragment of a cauldron dating from
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Bulgaria utilities regulator announces 0.1% electricity price cut
Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said on July 31 that household electricity prices will be cut by an
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For first time, Bulgarians against euro – albeit narrowly
For the first time, a Eurobarometer poll has shown that Bulgarians, formerly in favour of the euro, are now narrowly
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Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 9.6%, matching EU average
Unemployment in Bulgaria in June 2015 was 9.6 per cent, the same as the European Union average, according to seasonally-adjusted
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Bulgarian Parliament passes bill to implement EU bank recovery directive
Bulgarian MPs have passed at second reading a bill implementing the provisions of EU’s the bank recovery and resolution directive,
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President criticises election of Manolova as Ombudsman
The election of the Bulgarian Socialist Party’s Maya Manolova as national Ombudsman continues to draw sharp criticism, including from head
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