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Bulgaria hands rotating EU Presidency to Austria

June 30, 2018July 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov symbolically handed over the six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU to his

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Tsipras, Borissov sign joint declaration regarding the IGB construction

June 30, 2018July 2, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece

Greek premier Alexis Tsipras and his Bulgarian counterpart, Boiko Borissov signed a common declaration on the IGB natural gas pipeline that

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Bulgaria 

Sovereign Order of Malta Ambassador to Bulgaria hosts reception

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Camillo Zuccoli, Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Bulgaria, hosted a reception in Sofia in honour of the

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Bulgaria January-May 2018 Budget surplus at 1.42B leva

June 29, 2018July 2, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first five months of 2018 was 1.42 billion leva,

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German Chancellor Merkel confirms bilateral migrant agreements with Spain and Greece

June 29, 2018 Deutsche Welle

Spain and Greece have agreed to take back asylum seekers already registered in those countries who are intercepted at the

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Traffic restrictions on central Sofia streets due to repairs

June 29, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Despite the recent heavy rainfall and the medium-term forecast for more rain, Sofia city hall plans to go ahead with

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Poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria in June 2018 drops off nine-year high

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) said that views of the business climate in the country

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Bulgarian Parliament rejects motion of no confidence over security

June 29, 2018October 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s cabinet, tabled by the opposition socialists on the topic of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Smolyan declares emergency, under ‘Code Red’ weather alert

June 28, 2018July 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The municipalities of Smolyan and Chepelare in southern Bulgaria declared a state of emergency on June 28 after heavy rainfall

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