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Bulgarian Navy corvette takes part in US-Ukrainian Exercise Sea Breeze 2019

July 2, 2019July 5, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Ukraine

The Bulgarian Navy corvette Bodri is taking part in Sea Breeze 2019, the exercise in the Black Sea co-hosted by

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Borissov: Bulgaria turned down post of EU foreign policy chief

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

In the June 30 negotiations among European Union leaders about who will hold the top posts in the EU, Bulgaria

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Bulgarian military engineers destroy 50kg aerial bomb found in Plovdiv

July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian military engineers destroyed on July 1 a 50kg aerial bomb found during excavation work at a site in Plovdiv

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Bulgaria utilities regulator announces lower electricity price hikes

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) said on July 1 that it approved an electricity price increase that was

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Traffic police to check foreign-registered vehicles transiting Bulgaria in July, August

July 1, 2019July 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police are conducting a special operation to check foreign citizens’ vehicles transiting the country during July and August,

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Unemployment in Bulgaria 4.5% in May 2019 – Eurostat

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria in May 2019 was 4.5 per cent, unchanged from April and down from 5.3 per cent in

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Midway through 2019, Bulgaria’s road death toll is 253

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The number of road deaths in Bulgaria in 2019 reached 253 by June 30, according to Interior Ministry statistics. In

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Bulgarian Border Police: Flow of cars through Kulata to Greece 25% higher than last year

June 30, 2019July 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Greece, tourism

The flow of cars through the Kulata border checkpoint to Greece is 25 per cent higher than at this time

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Eurostat: 51% of Bulgarians use social networks

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 51 per cent of Bulgarians participated in social networks in 2018, EU statistics agency Eurostat said in a report

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