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Poll: 54% of Bulgarians oppose Brexit

April 1, 2019April 3, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

About fifty-four per cent of Bulgarians do not want to see the United Kingdom leave the European Union while 14.7

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Opposition in Plovdiv city council launches renewed attack on Plovdiv 2019 Foundation, Balkan Pride

April 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

A group of opposition members of Plovdiv city council is petitioning for a special meeting of the council to demand

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Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.7% in February 2019 – Eurostat

April 1, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Unemployment in Bulgaria was 4.7 per cent in February 2019, down from 5.4 per cent in February 2018 and unchanged

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Bulgaria January-February 2019 Budget surplus at 1.51B leva

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first two months of 2019 was 1.51 billion

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Consumption of fruit and veg in Bulgaria among lowest in EU – Eurostat

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

Only about 37 per cent of Bulgarians eat fruit on a daily basis, while 45 per cent eat vegetables daily,

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Bulgaria’s road death toll in Q1 2019 was 111 – Interior Ministry

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

A total of 111 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria between January 1 and March 31 2019, according to

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Bulgarian PM Borissov’s GERB party names European Parliament election candidates

March 31, 2019April 2, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, European Parliament

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party announced on March 31 its candidates in the May 26 2019 European

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Civil defence sirens to be tested in Sofia, several other cities in Bulgaria on April 1 2019

March 31, 2019April 1, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Civil defence sirens will sound in a test on April 1 at 1pm in Sofia and several other places in

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Bulgaria’s smaller parties scramble for scraps in May 2019 European Parliament elections

March 31, 2019April 2, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

If the opinion polls are correct, May 26 2019 will see Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s centre-right GERB party and

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