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Heat wave weather warning for Bulgaria

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

A “code yellow” hazardous weather warning has been issued for 19 districts in southwestern, eastern and central Bulgaria, the meteorological

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian traffic police get more mobile cameras

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

As the 2012 summer holiday season gets underway,Bulgaria’s traffic police are using 42 new mobile cameras to catch reckless motorists

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Bulgaria Business News 

Bulgarian economy to grow 0.6% in 2012 – World Bank

June 13, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators, World Bank

Economic growth in Bulgaria will be 0.6 per cent this year, down from 1.7 per cent in 2011, the World

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Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov and SA ambassador Sheila Camerer at ALC plant official opening
Bulgaria Business News 

SA investment in Bulgaria: PM welcomes ‘real job creation’

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria welcomes all foreign investors who invest in real production and create jobs, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said at the

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Bulgaria Leisure 

You could be in the ‘Complaints Choir’

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

If you like singing and feel like complaining, you will get your chance to do both in September in Plovdiv.

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Bulgaria News 

Confusion lingers over definitions in Bulgaria’s smoking ban

June 12, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments smoking

While Bulgaria’s health inspectors continued carrying out thousands of checks to assess compliance with the ban on smoking in enclosed

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Bulgaria Business Europe News 

Greek SMEs heading to Bulgaria ‘in droves’ – report

June 12, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff 0 Comments Greece

Thousands of Greek small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are looking for the road to financial recovery in Bulgaria, and about

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Bulgaria Leisure News 

Stiff fines for unruly beachgoers in Bourgas

June 11, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas

Municipal authorities in Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Bourgas have introduced stiff fines for unruly tourists at the city’s beaches.

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Bulgaria promotes its investment appeal despite downturn

June 11, 2012 Alex Bivol

Odd as it may sound, the seemingly endless economic malaise enveloping Europe has not dimmed the appetite for investment in

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