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Nine banks show interest in loan to Bulgarian Energy Holding – minister

December 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Nine international banking institutions have shown interest in direct talks to extend a loan to the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH),

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Bulgaria 

Borissov and Plevneliev underline Bulgarian backing for EU visa liberalisation for Georgia

December 7, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria supports Georgia’s accession to the EU and NATO and will lend the support expected of it for visa liberalisation

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s new 2-leva coins go into circulation

December 7, 2015September 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s new two-leva coin went into circulation on December 7, the country’s central bank said. In the long run, the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s first post-communist PM, Dimitar Popov, dies at 88

December 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian former prime minister Dimitar Popov, who was head of government from December 1990 to November 1991 in a “government

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Bulgaria 

Fitch keeps Bulgaria’s credit rating at investment grade BBB–

December 5, 2015December 10, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

Credit ratings agency Fitch has affirmed Bulgaria’s long-term foreign-currency credit rating at ‘BBB–‘ with a stable outlook, while the long-term

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Bulgaria 

David Cameron: Bulgaria is an example of how to secure an EU external border

December 4, 2015December 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

European countries facing increased flows of migration should learn from Bulgaria how to improve their controls, British prime minister David

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.7% economic growth in Q3 2015

December 4, 2015December 9, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

Police check Sofia foreigner detention centre for ‘risk profile’ individuals

December 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv, Sofia

A special police operation was carried out on December 4 at the centre for temporary accommodation of foreigners in Sofia’s

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Bulgaria 

Everyone would lose if UK left EU, Bulgarian President tells Cameron

December 4, 2015December 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Rossen Plevneliev

It is in the interest of the whole European Union that the United Kingdom remains part of the European project,

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