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Traffic restrictions in Sofia for EU-Western Balkans summit on May 16-17

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

Sofia city hall said that it was imposing traffic restrictions in several central areas of the city on May 16-17,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria records 0.8% economic growth in Q1 2018 – flash estimate

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy posted 0.8 per cent growth in the first quarter of 2018, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria annual CPI records 2.0% inflation in April

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded two per cent inflation in April, down 0.2 percentage points compared to a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian boys with Nazi symbols at football match – father claims ‘stranger’ did it

May 15, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

Petar Atanassov, the father of one of the children whose torsoes were painted with Nazi and other offensive symbols at

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Bulgarians quit parental home at average age of just younger than 29 – Eurostat

May 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Eurostat

Bulgarian young adults leave the parental home at an average age of 28.9 years, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said

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Bulgaria 

Parents of boys with Nazi symbols at Bulgarian football match identified – police

May 14, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff

The parents of the two boys photographed at Bulgarian Cup football finals, shirtless, with one wearing a swastika while the

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Bulgaria 

Archaeology: Three burnt skeletons found in Plovdiv may be of victims of third-century Goth invasion

May 14, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff archaeology, Plovdiv

The remains of a child, estimated to have been about three years old, and two older people have been found

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Orthodox Church rejects invitation to 1000th anniversary of Ohrid Archbishopric

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Macedonia

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, voted on May 14 to refuse an invitation from Archbishop Stefan

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Bulgaria 

Sofia Summit on May 17 aims to ‘inject new energy’ into EU – Western Balkans relationship

May 14, 2018May 16, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria EU presidency, Bulgarian EU Presidency

The summit to be held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on May 17 2918 “will aim to inject new energy

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