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Bulgaria State Fund Agriculture official resigns over link to guest house

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

The deputy executive director of the State Fund Agriculture has resigned after her phone number was found an accommodation reservation

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first four months of 2019 was 144 – Interior Ministry

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

A total of 144 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and midnight on April 30 2019,

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Bulgaria Q1 2019 Budget surplus at 1.81B leva

April 30, 2019May 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first three months of 2019 was 1.81 billion

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Bulgaria high court rejects appeal in voting machines tender

April 30, 2019May 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) ruled on April 30 to deny the challenge lodged by one of losing bidders in

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EU-funded guest houses probe: Bulgarian PM calls for ‘uncompromising’ approach

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told a Cabinet meeting on April 30 that anyone found to have cheated in the

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Bulgaria’s road agency: More than half of those caught without ‘e-vignettes’ were foreigners

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

About 1400 motorists were caught on Bulgaria’s major roads over the Orthodox Easter weekend driving without having paid the “e-vignette”

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Bulgarian government hands 7.5M leva to University of National and World Economy after warning of bankruptcy

April 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet agreed on April 30 to approve a transfer of 7.5 million leva (about 3.75

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Unemployment in Bulgaria 4.6% in March 2019, youth unemployment up

April 30, 2019May 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.6 per cent in March 2019, down from 4.7 per cent a month earlier and from

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Twenty-two per cent of Bulgarians below poverty line in 2018 – statistics institute

April 30, 2019May 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Twenty-two per cent of Bulgarians were below the poverty line in 2018, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on April

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