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Bulgaria records 0.5% economic growth in Q3 – flash estimate

November 14, 2014November 17, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.5 per cent growth in the third quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria’s Borissov government rings the changes among government officials

November 13, 2014November 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and his goverment have begun a series of changes among goverment office-bearers, in some ways

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Bulgaria to implement EU rules on deposits with new draft bill

November 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff CCB affair

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has published a new draft bill on deposit guarantees, implementing EU rules into national law, meant to

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister: Russian aggression can lead to a new Cold War

November 13, 2014November 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

The aggression of Russia in Ukraine is an attempt to impose unacceptable strategic choices that could lead to a new

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Road deaths in Bulgaria in 2014 expected to exceed 600

November 13, 2014November 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

A total of 571 people have died in road accidents in Bulgaria so far in 2014 and the figure is

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Back in power, Bulgaria’s GERB party revives idea of print media law

November 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s print media should be self-regulating in accordance with a new media law, a senior MP for the country’s largest

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Tardiness in opening communist secret service files a big mistake in Bulgaria’s transition, President Plevneliev says

November 13, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Dossier Commission, Rossen Plevneliev

Opening the files of Bulgaria’s communist-era secret service State Security late was a big mistake in the country’s transition, President

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Case of the missing notebooks causes political storm in Bulgaria

November 12, 2014November 16, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

When Filip Zlatanov was head of the Bulgarian government’s committee on the conflict of interests, he kept notebooks with doodlings, abbreviations

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Bulgaria’s MRF leader speaks out against removing Turkish-language news from national airwaves

November 12, 2014November 14, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency Lyutvi Mestan

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has called on Bulgaria’s government to rethink the idea of removing Turkish-language daily

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