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Bulgaria’s GERB backtracks on writing off 8M leva debts of Chief Mufti’s office

March 13, 2019March 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s majority partner in government, Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, announced on March 13 that instead of writing off

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Brexit: UK embassy ‘working closely’ with Bulgarian traffic police on driving licence issue

March 13, 2019March 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Brexit

The British embassy in Sofia says that it is working closely with Bulgarian Traffic Police (KAT) to clarify the requirements

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.2% inflation in February

March 13, 2019March 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.2 per cent inflation in February, up from three per cent a month

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Bulgaria adopts new programme to control stray dog population

March 13, 2019May 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government has approved a national programme for controlling the stray dog population, saying that the previous practice of municipal

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Bulgaria’s exports increased 3.8% in January 2019 – statistics institute

March 13, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s exports in January 2019 added up to about 4.5 billion leva, which was 3.8 per cent higher than in

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Deputy FM: Bulgaria expects to complete negotiations on F-16s in summer 2019

March 13, 2019March 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian government expects to complete negotiations with the United States on the purchase of F-16s this summer, Deputy Foreign

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OneCoin issues statement on arrest in US of Bulgaria’s Ignatov

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

OneCoin has issued a statement in response to the arrest of Bulgarian national Konstantin Ignatov in the United States on

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Bulgaria restricts Boeing 737 Max from air space

March 13, 2019March 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Civil Aviation Administration has imposed restrictions on flights of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in its airspace, following a

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Bulgaria ranks 26th in open data

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria ranks 26th in the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) which assesses the official statistics of 178 countries in the world,

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