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Bulgaria records 0.9% economic growth in Q2 2017 – flash estimate

August 16, 2017August 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.9 per cent growth in the second quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Speed camera records Latvian driver doing 152km/h in 60km/h zone in Bulgaria’s Shoumen

August 16, 2017August 19, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

A BMW with a Latvian registration was recorded travelling at 152km/h in a 60km/h zone in the region of the

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Bulgaria has highest ratio to GDP of government spending on public order and safety in EU – Eurostat

August 16, 2017August 18, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Eurostat

Among all European Union countries in 2015, the ratio to GDP of government spending on “public order and safety” was

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In Bulgaria, minority religious groups report assaults, Jews complain about hate speech and Lukov March

August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

In Bulgaria, minority religious groups, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), while Muslims reported

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Protest, threats of court action against Bulgarian deputy PM over Sunny Beach raids

August 16, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff tourism, Valeri Simeonov

Organisers who cancelled a DJ festival at Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast because of the series of raids of places of

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Bulgarian police hand foreign motorists leaflets in four languages on road traffic laws

August 15, 2017August 17, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian traffic police have begun giving motorists brochures in four languages – Bulgarian, Turkish, German and English – explaining recent

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Bulgaria used covert surveillance illegally against ‘inconvenient’ politicians, judges and journalists, official says

August 15, 2017August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Ahmed Dogan

There have been cases of the illegal use of covert surveillance equipment against “inconvenient” politicians, members of the judiciary and

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Bulgarian Tourism Minister distances herself from controversial raids in Sunny Beach

August 14, 2017August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Two days after Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister and nationalist leader Valeri Simeonov led high-profile raids on night clubs and hotels

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Bulgaria annual CPI records 1.3% inflation in July

August 14, 2017August 16, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 1.3 per cent inflation in July, down from 1.9 per cent in June

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