Bulgarian Cabinet approves ECB close co-operation application, first step towards joining euro zone
Bulgaria’s government approved on July 18 the formal application for close co-operation with the European Central Bank (ECB), the first
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Bulgarian MPs reject opposition motion to cancel Sofia Airport concession
Bulgarian Parliament voted on July 18 to reject the motion tabled by the opposition socialists, which called for the cancellation
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Government agrees to 100M leva purchase of new passenger trains for Bulgarian state railways
Bulgaria’s government agreed on July 18 to an investment project that envisages spending 100 million leva (about 51 million euro)
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Bulgarian PM axes officials over rinderpest outbreak as farmers protest in Sofia
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov dismissed Deputy Agriculture Minister Tsvetan Dimitrov and other officials on July 18 over the handling
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Bulgarian government grants permission for Dutch research vessel’s climate change research in Black Sea
The government in Sofia said on July 18 that it had given permission to the Dutch research vessel RV Pelagia
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Work on archaeological park at Sofia’s Slatina site to start in autumn 2019 – mayor
Work on developing an archaeoligical park and visitor centre at the Slatina site in Bulgarian capital city Sofia is to
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Bulgaria annual CPI records 3.2% inflation in June
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.2 per cent inflation in June, up 0.6 percentage points compared to a
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Bulgaria announces measures following ovine rinderpest outbreak
Bulgaria’s operations headquarters set up to deal with the outbreak of ovine rinderpest said on July 16 that payment of
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Ten pimps held in international bust of forced prostitution ring luring Bulgarian women to France
A joint action day in France, Bulgaria and Germany on July 3 resulted in searches of more than 20 locations
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